Akhtar Hayat Gandapur

Akhtar Hayat Gandapur is a Pakistani police officer who served as the Inspector General (IG) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police from February 2023 to January 2025.

Akhtar Hayat Gandapur
Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office February 2023 – January 2025
Preceded by	Moazzam Jah Ansari
Succeeded by	Zulfiqar Hameed
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani
Profession	Police officer, Civil servant
Military service
Branch/service	Police Service of Pakistan
Rank	BPS-21 (Inspector General)

Career

Hayat joined the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) in 1994 after completing his basic training. Having reportedly received the Sword of Honour as the top graduate of 18th basic course, he subsequently served as the course’s senior ASP.^[1] He belonged to the 22nd Common Training Programme (CTP) of the PSP.^[2][3]

He had served in various roles across multiple provinces, including as District Police Officer (DPO) in Haripur, Nowshera, Charsadda, Mardan, Mansehra, Swat and as Regional Police Officer (RPO) in Malakand, Gwadar, Mardan, Hazara and Kohat.^[4][5] He also held positions within the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), serving as Additional Director General at its headquarters in Islamabad, and as Zonal Director in KP.^[6][7]

Tenure as IGP, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Gandapur was appointed Inspector General of Police for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in February 2023, replacing Moazzam Jah Ansari.^[8][9][10]

Removal and succession

Gandapur's tenure ended in January 2025. Federal notifications directed him to report to the Establishment Division and appointed Zulfiqar Hameed (a Grade 21 officer who was earlier serving as Additional IG Special Branch in Punjab) as his successor.^[11][12]