The federal cabinet has approved the
recommendation of Sindh government to appoint Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti as the
new Inspector General Polich (IGP) in Sindh.
The decision was taken during a cabinet
meeting held under the PM Abbasi in Islambad.
The
candidates whose names would reportedly be considered for the IG Sindh post
include Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti, Captain (retd) Arif Nawaz Khan and Mehr
Khaliq Dad Lak.
Captain
(retd) Arif Nawaz Khan and Mehr Khaliq Dad Lak were recently appointed as IG
Punjab and Additional Director-General Intelligence Bureau (IB), respectively.
As per
reports in the media, the Sindh government earlier this month once again
asked the federal government to post Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti as the new IG
Sindh.
In a letter
to the centre, it mentioned that Lak "has previously never been posted in
Sindh and hence lacks experience about the 'dynamics of this province'".
According to
a copy of the letter obtained, however, suggestions to replace Khawaja included
Dasti, Ghulam Qadir Thebo, and Kaleem Imam.
The letter
gave a reference to the provincial cabinet's decision to replace Khawaja and
requested the centre to appoint one of the three officials suggested by the
Sindh government.
Commenting
on the development, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah — Minister of Information for
Sindh — on Saturday said the centre is "creating problems" by
attempting to appoint a replacement of Khawaja.
The court
"orders demand that a 22-grade officer is appointed as the province's
police chief," Shah said, following a session of the Sindh Cabinet.
"The
province cannot continue with a 21-grade IGP when a 22-grade officer is serving
the force."
The
provincial government's earlier attempts to replace Sindh's top cop were
dismissed by both the federal government and the Sindh High Court (SHC).
Last year,
in September, the SHC had dismissed the provincial government's order removing
Khawaja as the Sindh police chief and ordered that he complete his due term.
The
two-judge bench — headed by Justice Muneeb Akhtar — had reserved its decision
in the case challenging Khawaja's removal on May 30.
On April 3,
the court had dismissed the provincial government’s decision to remove the
Sindh police chief after a group of activists approached the SHC challenging
his controversial removal.
In its
judgment, the court had also declared all postings and transfers carried out in
the province after July 7 as illegal.
Dasti was
also recommended earlier, on October 28, 2017, when Secretary Services for
Sindh had proposed that the former replace Khawaja. The suggestion was made
during a Sindh Cabinet session, which was presided by Syed Murad Ali Shah —
Chief Minister for Sindh.
In
his briefing, the Secretary Services had said Khawaja was brought as the IGP
Sindh in 2016 under own payscale (OPS), but the SC had later ended all such
postings.
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