Safdar Hussain

Safdar Huassain was a Senior Superintendent of Police and Inspector of Police of ..
Early life
He was born of a qadi family of Naushera, Soon Valley. He was a descendant of Hazrat Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam from Al-Abbas ibn Ali. He belonged to Awans tribe. He was great great grand son of Qazi Kalim Ullah, the famous muslim qadi and jurist of Naushera in the time of Mughal Emperors, and grand son of Qazi Mian Muhammad Amjad He was the youngest son of Khan Sahib Qazi Zafar Hussain, and younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel Qazi Altaf Hussain.
After passing his matriculation examination from Govt. High School Naushera, He studied at Government College, Lyallpur. At
Government College, he was an active participant of Pakistan movement. He had the honour to sit next to Quaid-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah in the poliltical rally of Muslim League in which Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was present himself. In 1943, when Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah came to Lyallpur, now Faisalabad, and addressed a gathering of over 2 million in the Dhobi Ghat Ground,, his father, Khan Sahib Qazi Zafar Hussain arranged a cavalry for the political rally and provided horses for the cavalry of muslim students, led by his elder brother Qazi Altaf Hussain . His brother Qazi Fiaz Hussain also sat with him.
Career
He was selected for the British Indian Police Service in 1946. He served in Indian Police Service in various cities of . After the creation of Pakistan, He was posted as Inspector of Police of Gujrat, Punjab in the decade of 1960, the most troubled area of the Punjab at that time.
Deputy Superintendent of Police
He was promoted to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police during the time of President Ayub Khan, and was appointed at Lahore, the capital of . Here he served with efficient administration. At Naulakha, Lahore, he was famous for his hot temperament and he used to beat hard criminals several time. His friend and admirer , Raja imtiaz Ahmad a retired Superintendent of Police, wrote the details about him in his book, "Purani Yadeen Nai Dareechae" (Old thoughts news windows).
Superintendent of Police
He was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police during the time of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. During his tenure as Superintendent of Police of District Lahore, Sahiwal, Sheikhupura and many other cities of , he maintained rule of law with iron hands, without any fear or favour, which made him a hero in the history of the . He was about to be promoted to Deputy Inspector General of Police but unfortunately during the period of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, due to Martial Law, many retired army officers occupied the top positions of police, and due to political opposition against this hot-tempered examplry police officer, he could not be promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Punjab Police. However he was compensated by move over to the rank of 19th grade of Deputy Inspector General, before retirement.

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