Ministry of Human Rights

Mr. Abdul Khalique Shaikh , Secretary, Ministry of Human Rights

Mr. Abdul Khalique Shaikh, a career civil servant, joined Civil Service of Pakistan in 1989. He has served in various capacities for last 36 years at national and international level. He successfully handled issues related to crime prevention, crime detection, human rights protection, police training, research and other senior management positions. As recognition of his services, received the President’s Police Medal (PPM) twice in 1996 and 2002 for outstanding performance in protecting and securing the community.

He has held important positions at United Nation’s Peace Mission in Bosnia & Herzegovina as a civilian police officer for one year in 1997-1998; Head of the UNDP’s Project on ‘Prevention of Honour Killings in Sindh’ in 2009-2010 and the UNDP’s Project on Prevention of Violence against Women, executed by Sindh Police and funded by UK-Aid through UNDP’s Gender Justice Protection Program in 2010-11. He remained Head of Sindh Police’s Curriculum Development Program in collaboration with US Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Bureau.

Prior to joining as Federal Secretary Ministry of Human Rights, he serviced as Inspector General (IG) Police, Balochistan province and Director General National Police Bureau, Islamabad.

He received his LLB degree from University of London, LLM from Oxford Brookes University UK and was called to Bar-at-Lincolns Inn, London. Subsequently, he got his Ph.D in Law from SZABIST University Pakistan.

His main publications include:

Violence Against Women: A training Manual for Police Officers (2012)
Basic Investigation Handbook (2014)
Juvenile Justice System in Pakistan: A Training Manual for Police Officers (2010)
Honor Killings and Police (2009)
Countering Violent Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Enforcing Legal framework published in Journal of Education and Humanities Research, June 2023.

He has extensive experience in human rights protection and has represented Pakistan at Regional & international forums.