Karachi police chief Mushtaq Mahar transferred

KARACHI: Additional Inspector General (AIG) Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar has been removed from the position and ordered to report to the Sindh Central Police Office (CPO).

A notification was issued in this regard by the Inspector-General Police Amjad Javed Saleemi. “Mahar has been transferred and directed to report to Sindh Central Police Office (CPO)”.

A grade-21 officer, Mahar was transferred “in exercise of authority conferred vide para 96(c) of the judgement of Honourable High Court of Sindh,” read the notification issued from the office of IG Sindh.

Mahar had taken charge of Karachi police chief in July 2015 after AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo was transferred from the post.In July 2017, Mahar was transferred and appointed as AIG Traffic Police Sindh

He has reportedly relinquished his charge as AIG Karachi. Additional IG Finance Dr Ameer Sheikh has been given the charge of Karachi police.

It was reported that Mahar,wrote a letter to the IG and Sindh government two days after the July 25 elections, stating that the three-year period his tenure had expired. The transfer notification was issued subsequently.