Wajid Zia


Wajid Zia is a Pakistani civil servant and police officer who serves in BPS-21 grade as the Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency, in office since November 2019. He has previously served as the Inspector General of Railway Police. He first rose to prominence when he headed the joint investigation team to probe the Panama Papers case in 2017. He belongs to Tehsil Murree of District Rawalpindi.

Career

Wajid Zia is an officer of the Police Service of Pakistan and currently serves at the top position of Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency. He was appointed as DG FIA by Prime Minister Imran Khan in November 2019.
He has previously served as Inspector General of Railway Police. He first rose to prominence when he headed the joint investigation team to probe the Panama Papers case in 2017. Zia has previously served as the FIA additional director general and twice in the Intelligence Bureau and Motorway Police. He also worked in the Economic Crimes Wing of the FIA.