Asad Jahangir

Asad Jahangir Khan (اسد جہانگیر خان; born 25 December 1945) is a former first-class cricketer and senior police officer in Pakistan. He specialised in traffic policing and held the positions of Head of Traffic Police (Punjab), CCPO Karachi, Additional IG Sindh Police, and Inspector General Sindh Police, retiring in 2005.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Asad Jahangir Khan
اسد جہانگیر خان
23rd and 30th Inspector General Sindh Police
In office 9 February 2005 – 24 December 2005
In office 22 August 1997 – 25 November 1997
8th Head of Traffic Police (Punjab)
In office March 1986 – December 1986
Preceded by	Fazal Mahmood
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-25) 25 December 1945 (age 78) Campbellpur, Punjab Province (British India)
Parent	Jahangir Khan (father)
Relatives	Majid Khan (brother) Imran Khan (cousin) Javed Burki (cousin) Humayun Zaman (uncle) Ahmed Raza (uncle)
Education	Aitchison College University of the Punjab Keble College, Oxford
Awards	Oxford Blue (cricket) (1968 & 1969)[1]
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1964/65	Lahore Reds
1965/66	Punjab University
1967/69	Oxford University
1968	Oxford and Cambridge Universities Oxford University Past and Present
1969/70	Lahore A
1969/70	Punjab Governor's XI
1970/71	Lahore Greens
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 40 Runs scored 1,154 Batting average 19.55 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 92 Balls bowled 3,847 Wickets 53 Bowling average 38.30 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/84 Catches/stumpings 43/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 January 2024

In 2017, he served on the governing body of the Sindh police museum. In 2019, he chaired the sub-committee, including former and current inspector-generals, that prepared a report on police reform.^[7][8][9]

Cricket career

The son of Jahangir Khan and the elder brother of Majid Khan, Asad Jahangir Khan made his first-class debut in the 1964–65 season while studying at the University of the Punjab. He went to Keble College, Oxford in 1966, and played for the university team from 1967 to 1969. His best season was 1968, when he took 41 wickets with his off-spin in 14 matches, at an average of 28.80.^[10][11][1]

Playing for an Oxford and Cambridge XI against the touring Australians in May 1968, he took 7 for 84, including the wickets of Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell and Bob Cowper.^[12] Earlier that month he had taken 5 for 44 against Warwickshire, including the wickets of Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson.^[13] In the next match, opening the batting with Fred Goldstein against Somerset, he made 50 not out in an unbroken partnership of 148.^[14]

In 1969, his bowling fell away (three wickets in six matches) but he made 280 runs at 31.11, including his highest score of 92 against D.H. Robins' XI.^[15] A week earlier he had made 81 not out against Kent to take Oxford to a one-wicket victory with a ball to spare.^[16]

Khan returned to Pakistan and played a few matches for Lahore cricket teams in 1969–70 and 1970–71. His last first-class match was a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in February 1971, playing for Lahore Greens, when he took 3 for 157 off 52 overs against Karachi Blues.^[17]

Publications

Asad Jahangir Khan (1 March 2002). "Traffic Law Enforcement on Motorway". National Institute of Management.

Asad Jahangir Khan (16 October 2012). "Dispute resolution". Dawn.

Asad Jahangir Khan (27 May 2013). "Road Safety Karachi-2012". Forum Police Reforms.

References

1. "OXFORD UNIVERSITY CRICKETERS - A to D" (PDF).
2. "Road Safety Karachi 2012". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
3. Traffic Police Punjab - Leadership
4. Picture of Former IGsP/PPO Sindh
5. "US closes Karachi consulate". The Guardian. 5 August 2002.
6. "Asad confirmed as IG Sindh". 1 April 2005.
7. "Sindh police was the best law enforcement agency in 19th century". 14 June 2017.
8. REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR GOVERNMENT REFORMS ON REFORMING THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
9. "Judiciary stresses federal legislation for police reforms". 3 October 2019.
10. Asad Jahangir bowling by season
11. Asad Jahangir Playercard
12. "Oxford and Cambridge Universities v Australians 1968". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
13. "Oxford University v Warwickshire 1968". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
14. "Oxford University v Somerset 1968". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
15. "DH Robins' XI v Oxford University 1969". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
16. Wisden 1970, p. 744-45.
17. Karachi Blues v Lahore Greens 1970–71 Scorecard

External links

• Asad Jahangir at ESPNcricinfo