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“Govt has no intentions to remove IG,” Sindh govt tells SHC

KARACHI (JAN 13, 2017): Sindh government has informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that it was not considering to remove the IG Allah Dino Khawaja.

“The provincial government has powers to remove the Sindh IG yet has no intentions to remove the current police chief,” Sindh advocate-general Zamir Ghumro told a two-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SHC Syed Sajjad Ali Shah on Thursday.

Zamir further told the bench that Khawaja had gone on leave on his own and has re-joined his office now.

Shah observed that the law relating to powers of the provincial government regarding the appointment and removal of the police chief will have to be examined in detail.

The bench had earlier directed the provincial government to deal with the matter of sending Khawaja on forced leave in accordance with the Supreme Court’s order on the de-politicisation of the police force in the Karachi law and order suo motu case.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.