Counter Terrorism Department (Pakistan)

Counter Terrorism Department
کاؤنٹر ٹیررازم ڈیپارٹمنٹ
Common nameCTD
MottoTo fight terrorism in all its manifestations
Agency overview
Formed21 July 2010
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPakistan
Governing bodyMinistry of Interior
Provincial police services of Pakistan
General nature
Specialist jurisdiction
  • Counter terrorism, special weapons operations. Protection of internationally protected persons, other very important persons, and/or of state property of significance.
Operational structure
HeadquartersKarachi (CTD Sindh)

Peshawar (CTD KP)

Lahore (CTD Punjab)

Quetta (CTD Balochistan)
Agency executive
  • Additional IGP CTD, Punjab, Waseem Ahmed Khan (PSP)

    Additional IGP CTD, Sindh, Tariq Abbas Qureshi (PSP)

    Additional IGP CTD, KPK, Shaukat Abbas (PSP)

    Deputy Inspector General (DIG) CTD, Balochistan, Ayetzaz Ahmed Goraya (PSP)
Parent agencyPolice Service of Pakistan

The Counter Terrorism Department (Urdu: سررشتہِ تحقیقاتِ جرائم ، پاکستان; CTD) formerly known as the Crime Investigation Department (CID), are crime scene investigation, interrogation, anti-terrorism, and intelligence bureaus of the provincial police services of Pakistan.[1]

The CTDs are operational in all four provinces of Pakistan under the respective provincial Home Ministry. While Islamabad Police, Gilgit-Baltistan Police, Azad Kashmir Police also have their own CTD bureaus.

CTD bureaus are usually commanded by an Additional-Inspector General of Police.[citation needed] In Karachi, CTD teams have gathered intelligence to take action against organized crime, and, alongside the FIA and the IB, have infiltrated terrorist cells to track down TTP, Islamic State, al-Qaeda and other terror and separatist groups' operatives.[2]

Between 2010 and 2015, the Crime Investigation Departments (CIDs) in a number of provinces were renamed to "Counter Terrorism Departments" (CTDs) under National Action Plan.[3][4]

  1. ^ Moeed, Yusuf (2014). "§Counterterrorism Efforts of Law Enforcement Agencies in Pakistan". Counterterrorism in Pakistan. United States: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1626160453.
  2. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan; Iqbal, Khuram (2012). "§Terrorism and Karachi". Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero. London, [G.B]: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1780230092.
  3. ^ Khan, Faraz (2015-02-16). "CID renamed as Counter Terrorism Department". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
  4. ^ "Out with the old: With new name, CID hopes to go global". The Express Tribune. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2022-08-04.