Sindh announces appointment of district administrators

SUKKUR: The government of Sindh has appointed administrators in all districts of the province after the local councils completed their mandated tenure in the province, ARY News reported on Sunday.

The local government bodies in the province had completed their four-year term on August 30th.
Sindh Local Government Department notified an end to the term of local councils in the province.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday talking to media announced that Local Government Secretary Iftikhar Shallwani will be appointed as administrator of Karachi.

Talking to journalists, the chief minister said that his government has decided to appoint Shallwani as Karachi administrator and a notification to this effect will be issued shortly.

The provincial government has now appointed Iftikhar Shallwani, a former commissioner of Karachi, as the administrator of the port city.

Sindh Services and General Administration Department has issued notification for the posting.

Concerned deputy commissioners have been appointed administrators of six District Municipal Corporations in Karachi.

According to the notification, Ganhwar Leghari has been appointed administrator of District Council Karachi.

Irshad Sodhar has been named administrator District-South, Saleemullah Odho as administrator District-West, Muhammad Ali Shah as administrator District-East and Shaharyar Memon as administrator District Korangi.

Moreover, the deputy commissioners of all districts of Sindh including Hyderabad, Badin, Sujawal, Thatta, Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari, Tando Allahyar, Dadu, Mirpur Khas, Umarkot, Tharparkar, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sanghar, Naushehro Feroz, Sukkur, Ghotki, Khairpur, Larkana, Qambar-Shahdadkot, Shikarpur and Jacobabad, have been appointed as administrators of their respective districts.