Anoosh Masood Chaudhry

Anoosh Masood Chaudhry (Urdu: انوش مسعود چوہدری) is a Pakistani police officer who serves as the deputy director, Administration, for Elite Police of Punjab, Pakistan since 26 September 2019. She was named as Lahore's best crime fighter for 2018. She became the first female Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan on 11 December 2014.

Dr. Anoosh Masood Chaudhry
انوش مسعود چوہدری
Ordered to report at Establishment Division Islamabad
Assumed office
08 December 2020
Appointed byArif Nawaz Khan (Inspector General of Punjab Police)
Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police Headquarters, Lahore
In office
1 May 2019 – 25 September 2019
Appointed byArif Nawaz Khan
Additional Superintendent of Police, Investigation Branch, Punjab Police, Model Town, Lahore
In office
20 October 2018 – 30 April 2019
Appointed byAmjad Javed Saleemi
Superintendent of Police, Investigation Branch, Punjab Police, Kasur
In office
Unknown – 19 October 2018
Appointed byDr. Inam Ghani
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
In office
11 December 2014 – Unknown
Personal details
Nationality Pakistan
Alma materFatima Jinnah Medical College (MBBS)

Education

She completed her MBBS from Fatima Jinnah Medical College and received a gold medal in medicine.[1] She is then trained at CSA for 40th Common Training Program and at NPA Islamabad for Specialized Training.

Career

She started her career as a medical doctor and won a gold medal in medicine before entering into the career of law enforcement.[2] She performed a house job at Mayo Hospital for one year. In 2008, she was the youngest attendee at SAARC International Conference of Dermatology.[3]

Initially, she joined Punjab Police in Lahore as an ASP but then moved to Abbottabad on 11 December 2014, retaining her rank of ASP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.[2][4] In that role, she became the first female ASP of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.[4] She was again transferred to Punjab Police serving as Superintendent of Police (SP) of the Investigation Branch in Kasur.

On 20 October 2018, she was posted to Lahore as Additional SP of the investigation department of Model Town.[5] There, she achieved the honor of being the best crime fighter in the year 2018 for the city of Lahore.[2][6] Under her leadership, the police station filed 74 percent of challans successfully in 2018. She belonged to the 40th Common Training Programme of Police Service of Pakistan.[2]

In a performance measure evaluated by Lahore's Investigation Headquarters for the first few months of 2019, she was declared the most outstanding officer of the investigation wing out of all SPs serving the six divisions of Lahore.[7]

On 1 May 2019, she was posted as SP of Punjab Police Headquarters in Lahore.[8]

On 26 September 2019, she was appointed as Deputy Director Administration for Elite Police of Punjab in Lahore by the Inspector General of Punjab Police, Arif Nawaz Khan.[9]

On 8 December 2020, she was prematurely transferred and directed to report at Establishment Division by IGP Dr. Inam Ghani.

In May 2022, Anoosh was appointed as senior superintendent (SSP) of Lahore's operations wing. She became the first woman police officer posted as SSP Operations Lahore.[10]

Family

Her husband is from Abbottabad, and she also has a daughter.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Female cop declared Lahore's best crime fighter for 2018 | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
  2. "Woman police officer declared the best crime fighter of the year". En.dailypakistan.com.pk. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  3. "Dr Anoosh Masood Chaudhry PSP 34th-2011" (PDF). The All Papers. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. "Female ASP takes charge". www.thenews.com.pk.
  5. Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (October 20, 2018). "21 police officers transferred". DAWN.COM.
  6. "SP Anoosh gets first position in crime fighting". Nation.com.pk. 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  7. Chaudhry, Asif (April 11, 2019). "Woman SP tops performance test". DAWN.COM.
  8. "DIG Operations, other police officers transferred". www.thenews.com.pk.
  9. "IGP, Punjab has issued transfer posting order of 01 Police Officer. | Punjab Police". www.punjabpolice.gov.pk.
  10. "First woman to head Lahore police operations". Dawn. 28 May 2022.
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