SP NH Shah retires, announces “The Bulwark Charitable Trust

Jammu, 07-May:Nisar Hussain Shah,Superintendent of Police who retired on 30th of April,2023 after rendering 33 years of meritorious services in J&K Police including 2 years at the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Kosovo was accorded a memorable farewell in two different ceremonies that were held in Kishtwar(his last place of posting)and Jammu(his residence) respectively.Both these events were widely attended by serving and retired senior police officers,civil officers,members of the civil society,serving and retired judges,family members,batchmates and subordinates of the retiree cop.In Kishtwar,the superannuation cum felicitation ceremony was held on 29th of April,2023 at Tourist Reception Centre Kishtwar where all ranks of IRP 22nd Batallion Kishtwar graced the occasion.Ramesh Angral (Commandant IRP 22nd Batallion Kishtwar),Dr. Saba Fatima(Daughter of the retiree officer and Former House Surgeon,Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics,IGGDC Jammu,Research Scholar International Relations & Defence and Strategic Studies),Narindar Parihar(Deputy Commandant),DySP Tanveer Jeelani(Company Commander), DySP Pardeep Kumar(Company Commander),DySP Mohd Usman(Company Commander),Inspector Majid Hussain (Company Commander),Sunil Kumar(Lines Officer), Ravail Singh(BHM),Mushtaq Shah(Entrepreneur and nephew of the retiree),Mumtaz Kazmi(Advocate and nephew of the retiree),Syed Shahnawaz (President-Teacher’s Joint Action Committee District Poonch and nephew of the retiree)lauded the hardwork and perseverance of Nisar Hussain Shah in successfully withstanding all sorts of internal and external pressures all these years and setting a benchmark of “extraordinary services” for the generations to follow and ponder over.SP Nisar’s respected wife and other family members were also present on the occasion.Earlier in the day,the outgoing cop himself organised a Blood-Donation Camp under the banner of The Bulwark Charitable Trust at District Hospital Kishtwar.Many prominent individuals and officers of medical fraternity including Medical Superintendent,DH Kishtwar and other Medical Officers were present and many volunteers from the police department and locals of Kishtwar donated blood while others present volunteered themselves for the cause for future camps.Medical Superintendent Kishtwar and other officials appreciated Mr. Shah’s endeavour in their respective speeches.In Jammu yesterday, the post-retirement farewell was attended by a large number of senior police officers, judges, civil officers,relatives,friends,colleagues and subordinate officers of the retiree at his residence.Prominent amongst the speakers and guests who attended the superannuation ceremony at Jammu include Affad-ul-Mujtaba(IGP Retd.), Former DG Prosecution and Former Member of the J&K Public Service Commission,Abdul Qayoom Manhas(IGP Retd.), Adnan Sayeed(Additional District and Sessions Judge),Iqbal Kazmi(Chief Editor Daily Udaan and nephew of the retiree),Ghulam Ahmed Khawaja,DC(Retd.),Mubassir Latifi(SSP), Yaseen Kichloo(SSP),Mehmood Choudhary (SSP),Abdul Razaq Khan,SP(Retired),Abdul Wahid Giri,SP(Retired),Javed Khawaja(Public Prosecutor,District and Sessions Court,Samba)Abdul Rashid Bhat(SSP),Pawan Sharma(SP),Mohd Aslam Choudhary(DySP),Farooq Shah(DySP),Gulzar Qureshi,Former Director School Education Jammu,Majid Jahangir(CEO,J&K Waqf Board and a close relative of the retiree),Altaf Hussain Janjua(Advocate,Columnist and Editor Daily Udaan),Murtaza Aqsir Khan(Founding Editor JK Pahari Khabarnama),DySP Aijaz Bhat,DySP Sultan Mirza,Syed Fida Hussain Rizvi,Naib Tehsildar(Retd.),Shakeel Zargar,Executive Officer J&K Bank(Retd.),Mufti Shabbir Noori(Khateeb and Imam of Jamia Masjid Kiryani Talab,Jammu)Maulana Syed Zawar Jafri(Khateeb and Imam of Markazi Jamia Masjid Bathindi),Maulana Kashif Raza(Islamic Scholar),Abid Hussain, Naib-Tehsildar(Retd.),Advocate Yasir Khan Janjua(Former Bar President,Surankote), Abdul Hafeez Choudhary,XEN(Retired),Prof. Munir Aalam(HOD Defence Studies, University of Jammu),Ishtiaq Shah(Entrepreneur and nephew),Azeem Qureshi(SP),Sajjad Mir(DySP),Sabir Hussain Shah,Principal (Retd.),Department of School Education(brother),Tasveer Hussain Shah,District Malaria Inspector(Retd.)(brother),Tariq Shah,Entrepreneur(nephew),Mushtaq Shah,Entrepreneur(nephew),Mahier Ali Jafri,Advocate(nephew),Aijaz Bukhari, Entrepreneur(nephew),Ishtiaq Malik(Social Activist),Sajid Bukhari,Advocate(nephew),Majid Shah,Advocate(nephew),Saksham Kumar(Advocate),Abdul Khaliq Choudhary(DySP Security Jammu), Basharat Naqvi,Revenue Official(nephew),Abid Rafiqi(DySP),Naresh Talla(Human Rights Activist) Iftikhar Kazmi,Teacher(nephew),Zulfiqar Kazmi, Police Official at Security Wing,Civil Secretariat,Jammu(nephew)and officials from the Crime Branch Jammu including Diljeet Singh,Sangat Singh and Angrez Singh.The guests,speakers and organizers congratulated SP Shah on attaining supperanuation with an immensely decorated profile and wished him healthy,prosperous and successful post-retirement life.The speakers unanimously regarded him as an institution and epitome of morality,grace and uprightness.All the speakers also highlighted the retiree officer’s humanitarian endeavour of launching “The Bulwark Charitable Trust” and assured all possible support in this noble cause.Nisar Hussain Shah in his speeches in Kishtwar and Jammu thanked all organizers,guests and well-wishers who graced the occasion and spoke so high of him.He made a special mention of his memorable career in the Education Department as Teacher which lasted for around 6 years before he joined the police services.SP Nisar as teacher served at Government High School Gursai(Mendhar),Government Boys Higher Secondary School Surankote and Government Girls Higher Secondary School Surankote.Shah dedicated his success to all his well-wishers and brethren in general and his late parents,wife and children in particular.Born on 10th of April,1965 in village Potha of Tehsil Surankote(District Poonch),Shah holds a Master’s degree in English Literature and a Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Criminal Administration.He joined police force in the year 1990 as Sub-Inspector.In 33 years of service,he has held various distinguished and important portfolios.In the early years, Shah served as Incharge PP Arnia(RS Pura) and other Jammu based stations including Gujjar Nagar and Panjtirthi,he served as Investigating Officer in Police Stations Pacca Danga,Gandhinagar and Satwari.After a brief tenure in Traffic Police, Shah was posted as Law Instructor(Criminology and Law of Crimes) at Police Academy Udhampur in 1999 and served as trainer to DySPs of 1999 batch, various Prosecuting officers and Sub-Inspectors.In the year 2000,he was selected by the Union Home Ministry for deputation to Kosovo(Europe) as Mission Officer in United Nations Peace Keeping Mission during Kosovo Crisis and served there for around 2 years as Shift Leader in Kacanik,Gjilan and Pristina.During the deputation,he travelled across many South Eastern European nations like Greece,Paris,Serbia, Montenegro,Macedonia and Albania.After getting back to India,he was posted as Investigating Officer in the State Vigilance Organisation,remained there for 5-6 years, during which he Investigated many high-profile cases.In 2006,he was posted as SHO Buddhal(Rajouri) for a year.In the year 2007,he was posted as SHO Poonch. After a dynamic tenure there,he was transferred and posted as SHO Doda in the year 2008 and served there till 2009 after being promoted to the rank of DySP.After serving as Company Commander in Armed Police(9th Batallion)for 2 years,his name was again recommended by J&K Police Headquarters for Police Academy Udhampur in 2011.As DySP Indoor and DySP Outdoor at the academy,he trained around 4 batches of IPS officers(J&K Cadre),4 batches of KPS officers,3 batches of Prosecuting Officers and 4 batches of Sub-Inspectors.Shah was conferred with Union Home Minister’s Medal for Police Training in July,2016 by Ministry of Home Affairs.He was transferred to the J&K Crime Branch in 2016 and successfully Investigated numerous sensitive cases.In 2019,he was posted as DySP Security Jammu and after serving at the Security wing for 2 years,he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police(w.e.f 2019) in 2021.In January 2022,he was transferred to IRP 22nd Batallion Kishtwar as Deputy Commandant.He remained Incharge Commandant for a period of 2-3 months during Machail Yatra,2022 where he lead the police and other paramilitary forces as Yatra Officer.While in IRP 22nd Batallion,he organised and lead many patriotic and mass-awareness programmes including Tiranga Rally,symposiums on Anti-Drug awareness, Inter-Faith Dialogue and Religious Harmony apart from running the affairs of the Batallion with utmost sincerity and dedication.In the farewell held at Kishtwar,jawans including Sub-Inspectors and Constabulary recruits of 2018 organised various cultural items as a form of tribute to the outgoing officer and regarded him as their life-time mentor.All subordinate officials including DySPs, Inspectors,Sub-Inspectors,Head-Constables and Constables while congratulating Mr. Shah on supperanuation also thanked him for being extraordinarily supportive and helpful to the subordinates in both official and personal capacities.Officials from SP Shah’s personal section including his PA,readers and others from his personal security team and the ones deputed at his official residence also stated that working with and for an officer like him was a complete learning and evolving experience for them which would do them a world of good in the coming years.Continuing his relentless resolve against drug-menace and substance-abuse,his initiative of blood-donation related campaigns over the years and his zealousness towards reaching out to the ones in socio-economic distress,SP Nisar Hussain Shah has recently formed The Bulwark Charitable Trust and has indeed not retired himself from the “Jan-Seva/Khidmat-E-Khalq” he’s been upto since last more than 3 decades.