Zeeshan Kazmi
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Zeeshan Kazmi is a Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i police officer who gained popularity during the Operation Clean Up in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

 against the MQM
Muttahida Qaumi Movement
Muttahida Qaumi Movement generally known as MQM, is a liberal-secular political party of Pakistan. It is generally known as a party which holds immense mobilizing potential in province of Sindh...

. He is currently serving as AIG Sindh (Additional IG Sindh). He has served as S.H.O. in almost every area of Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

 and interior Sindh. He also served in Federal Investigation Agency (F.I.A.) and Intelligence Bureau (I.B.). He has played influential role in solving many high profile cases, one of them including the murder case of American journalist, Daniel Pearl.

He arrested several most wanted terrorists.

Kazmi is considered to be a very close aide of the President Asif Zardari and he was the right hand of late Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto was a democratic socialist who served as the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from 1988 until 1990 and 1993 until 1996....

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He worked closely with Shoaib Suddle. Kazmi completed his doctorate in criminology from the University of Cambridge. He came under assassination attacks many times escaping safely in all of them. He received 2 bullets when he was attacked in Malir area of Karachi in 1996. He is famous for the arrest of MQM - Haqiqi faction's leadership after getting the Gulf airline's plane land back after it took off carrying Amir Khan and Afaq Ahmed.

He was awarded Tamgha-e-Shujaat by the former President Pervez Musharaf. He has also received Quaid-e-Azam police medal and he has also received several other national and international awards for his services to the nation.
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