Gulzar Rafiq

Gulzar has a long and credible history within the Pakistan security and risk management industry, most recently being a founding member of FSS Group company, Indus Support Services Pvt Ltd, registered in Karachi in June 2018 as a multi disciplined project support company providing a diverse range of services to FSS Group multinational companies setting up or operating in Pakistan, full details of which appear on the company website at www.indussupportservices.com and www.fss-gp.com.

From 2008 to 2018 Gulzar had been working for Skyguards Pvt Ltd who were in partnership with the FSS Group www.fss-gp.com initially as an Executive Protection Officer, an Operations Manager and then promoted to the Manager running the FSS Group sub contracted guarding contracts with Procter & Gamble (Pakistan) Pvt Ltd. Gulzar was responsible for the provision of guarding services in deliverance of the FSS contracts at all of the P&G sites in Southern Pakistan which included the Head Offices at Harbor View Karachi, at both the dry powder and “Pampers” plants at Port Qasim and the soap bar factory at Hub in Baluchistan. Gulzar was responsible for all guarding deliverables such as training, equipping, manning and the management of the KPIs’ in which he excelled running a combined force of approximately 130 guards, liaising continuously between FSS, the P&G Head of Security, the Finance department and the Management Team.

He also undertook the management of the executive protection team that was contracted to provide services at the residence and the mobile security of the P&G expatriate Country Manager and a second team providing services to General Electric expatriates visiting Pakistan continuously from Dubai. Notable during this period is that Gulzar participated in enhanced weapon and protection training delivered by the
Police Services. He is a licensed firearms holder.

From 2006 to 2008 Gulzar moved from British Airways and worked for Gerry’s Danata as an Air Ports Security Officer where he was seconded to provide services to various airlines including; Turkish Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Air Blue, Fly Dubai, and Cathy Pacific. During this period, he undertook further specialist security training from IAP including further scanning, weapon handling and a one month advanced security course which enhanced his knowledge and skills in weapon handling, case reading, firefighting, emergency response and physical training.

In 2004 Gulzar successfully applied for a post with British Airways to fill the post of Cargo Security Officer at Jinnah International Airport Karachi, after passing security vetting from the Ministry of Interior and Customs he passed the mandatory training of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority where he performed as a Cargo Site Scanning Officer.

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Between 1998 and 2004 Gulzar had worked at Shimla View Shell Fuel site Abbottabad as Cash Manager in 1998 and held this position for 2 years. He handled all cash related matters including; cash collection, cash deposits in banks, fuel related stock management and record keeping.

He then went on to work for Askri Shell Fuel site Karachi in 2001 as Site Manager for 3 years managing all site related responsibilities; staff management, record management including cash and record, salaries distribution and stock management.

Originally for Abbotabad Gulzar was brought up and educated in Islamabad and matriculated there. Gulzar holds IATA accredited security and SSAT Computer Center qualifications and maintains strong links within the Pakistan aviation security industry. He is bilingual in English, Sindhi and other Pakistan dialects.