31 Facts About Tahir Dawar

Mohammad Tahir Khan Dawar was a Pakistani police officer who was abducted from Islamabad on 26 October 2018 and then tortured and killed.

Tahir Dawar's body was found on 13 November 2018 by the locals in the Dur Baba District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, close to the Torkham border crossing.

Tahir Dawar was kept hungry and thirsty for several days, and his legs and arms were broken.

Tahir Dawar had died a few days before his body was found.

Tahir Dawar's family complained that the Pakistani government made no serious efforts to recover Tahir while he was missing for more than two weeks.

Tahir Dawar completed his secondary education in 1982 in Eidak, a village west of Mirali on the periphery of Miramshah, the capital city of North Waziristan.

Tahir Dawar did his higher secondary education in 1984.

Tahir Dawar completed his bachelor's degree in 1989 in Miramshah, and started his career in nursing and teaching in North Waziristan.

Tahir Dawar continued his studies while working in the police and completed his master's degree in Pashto in 1997.

Tahir Dawar was appointed as station house officer at a police station in Bannu in 1998.

Tahir Dawar was promoted as sub-inspector in 2002 and as inspector in 2007.

Tahir Dawar was posted to Morocco and Sudan as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in 2003 and 2005, respectively.

Tahir Dawar once volunteered to supply arms and ammunition to the Hawed police station in Bannu.

Tahir Dawar narrowly survived two suicide attacks by the Taliban in 2007 and 2009, in the latter of which he was wounded.

Tahir Dawar received the Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal, the highest award for a police officer in Pakistan, for his gallantry and dedication with job.

In March 2009, Tahir Dawar was transferred to the Federal Investigation Agency, a border control and counterintelligence security agency in Pakistan.

Tahir Dawar worked at FIA as an Assistant Director in Peshawar.

Tahir Dawar was sent to Australia and Romania as part of his duty.

Tahir Dawar rejoined the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police in July 2013 and served as deputy superintendent of police Crime Circle Peshawar, DSP Capital City Police Office, and DSP Faqeerabad Peshawar.

Tahir Dawar was promoted as superintendent of police Rural Circle Peshawar in 2018.

On 26 October 2018, Tahir Dawar was abducted from Islamabad, Pakistan, where he had arrived the same day from Peshawar to attend a meeting.

Tahir Dawar was buried the same day at a cemetery in the Momand Dara area in Nangarhar, after the washing and shrouding of his body and performing the Islamic funeral prayer for him.

Shehryar Afridi, Pakistan's State Minister of Interior, stated during his speech at the Senate of Pakistan that Tahir Dawar was shifted from Islamabad to Nangarhar through northern Punjab, Mianwali, and Bannu.

Mohsin Tahir Dawar, who represents North Waziristan in the National Assembly of Pakistan and is one of the leaders of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, was unconvinced.

Tahir Dawar's brothers said that a few days before his disappearance, Tahir Dawar had arrested suspected militants in Peshawar with heavy weapons which were being transported to Afghanistan.

Tahir Dawar took the suspects into custody, but on the intervention of the senior superintendent of police, they were soon released.

Tahir Dawar's family claimed that these suspects could be behind the murder.

Nadia Tahir, daughter of Tahir Dawar, said in October 2019 that the team made no tangible progress in investigating the murder.

Tahir Dawar ordered its immediate inquiry and tasked Pakistan's State Minister of Interior Shehryar Afridi to oversee it.

Tahir Dawar promised that the Afghan government would investigate the case.

Tahir Dawar said prime minister Imran Khan had approved the package.