KARACHI: The Government of Sindh has made major reshuffle in provincial police department after recent passage of the new police order, ARY News reported on Monday.
According to a notification, five Additional IGPs of police department have been transferred as Additional I.G. Police Karachi Dr. Ameer Shaikh posted as the AIG Operations. He served on the top police post for about 11 months.
Ameer Shaikh has been replaced by Ghulam Nabi Memon as the new chief of Karachi Police.
Additional I.G. Hyderabad Region Ghulam Sarwar Jamali has been ordered to report at the head office, while AIG special branch Waliullah Dal has been posted as Additional I.G. Hyderabad.
The government has notified Imran Yaqub Minhas as new Additional IGP of the special branch of police department.
Farhat Ali Junejo has been named DIG special branch, according to the government notification.
Moreover, police officer Qamar Zaman has been nominated DIG Police traffic licence and training.
According to the new police law, Sindh government have power to appoint senior police officers from the deputy inspector-generals to deputy superintendents of police. The law states, “The CM shall post DIGs, SSPs, DSPs in consultations with IG and additional IG as the case may be.”