Syed Akhtar Ali Shah

Syed Akhtar Ali Shah (Urdu: سيد اختر علی شاہ) is a Pakistani police officer currently serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD).

Syed Akhtar Ali Shah
Acting IGP of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office 17 March 2017 – 4 April 2017
Governor	Iqbal Zafar Jhagra
Preceded by	Nasir Durrani
Succeeded by	Salahuddin Khan Mehsud
Personal details
Alma mater	University of Peshawar Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Awards	Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal Pakistan Police Medal
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan

Shah briefly served as the Acting Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police in 2017.^[1] In 2006, Shah was the first one who introduced the counter-terrorism policy in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.^[2] He served in the Mardan Division from 2008 to 2011 against militants.^[2]

Shah got his LLB and Political Science (MA) degrees from University of Peshawar and a doctoral research in Political Science from Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan.^[3]