Vienna ; Pakistan won another global distinction on October 14,, 2020 when Vienna-based alliance of Non governmental organisations (NGOs) on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Vienna elected Tariq Khosa, former director general Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), as member of the board of directors for three years term.
Tariq Khosa has served Pakistan in different top positions like DG FIA and police chief. He enjoys great respect among Pakistan’s top burocracy.
Before election of Tariq Khosa as a member of a prestigious international alliance of anti crime body, Pakistan was elected as head of global human rights body of the United Nations despite stiff Indian opposition with thumping majority.
Pakistan’s election as head of UN Human Rights body and after a gap of just one day election of Tariq Khosa as a member of global alliance for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice bring home great honour for Pakistan.
This is for the first time that a Pakistani has been elected as a member board of directors of the alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
The Anti-Crime Alliance, affiliated with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), builds community resilience against organised crime and promotes international civil society collaboration.
Khosa has held the honour of being elected member to the France-based Interpol Executive Committee where he represented the Asia Pacific region from 2009 to 2012 while serving as DG FIA and Federal on Narcotic Control.
Since his retirement from government service in 2011, he has been Rule of Law adviser to the UNODC Pakistan and has helped develop the provincial rule of roadmaps.
He was a member of the working group of professionals that drafted the Counter-Terrorism National Action Plan after the Army Public School, Peshawar attack in December 2014.
He has authored two books “The Faltering State” and “Inconvenient Truths” that focus on the internal security and governance challenges confronting Pakistan.