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SHC indicts IG Sindh, eight other officers for contempt of court

AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo, DIG Bashir Memon, SSP Major (retd) Saleem and others included in the list

Naeem Sahoutara December 22, 2015

PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday indicted Inspector General (IG) Sindh Police Ghulam Haider Jamali and eight other officers for contempt of court.

The court, under article 204, framed contempt charges against IG Jamali, former Karachi AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo and other police officers over holding siege at the high court’s building twice.

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Further, while the court rejected unconditional apologies of IG Jamali and his subordinates, the officers pleaded not guilty and decided to contest charges levied against them.

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Other policemen named in the case are DIG West Feroze Shah, City SSP Fida Hussain Janwari, Saddar SP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui, SSU incharge Major (retd) Saleem, Legal AIG Faisal Bashir Memon, former SP Raees Abdul Ghani, West Headquarters SP Tahir Noorani, South DIG Dr Jamil Ahmed and SI Jahangir Mahar.

Earlier this month, IG Jamali, filed the third affidavit in the SHC pleading the opportunity of a hearing before he is charged with contempt.

COMMENTS (4)

Iqbal Awan | 8 years ago | Reply Appointed as ASI in the year 1995 and was serving as Deputy Director Anti Corruption, WOW !!!!!! We are regular Inspectors w.e.f. January 1996 and still working in same rank in the year 2015, Can anyone tell what our fault is ?????? I want this to be published on coming sunday in The Express TribuneKarachi Edition.

sehr.siddiqui | 8 years ago | Reply From the picture, Jamali seems to be well protected. the court will keep giving dates after dates and thus the matter will go in cold storage as usual.

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ishrat salim | 8 years ago | Reply Good decision. These officers must realize that it is we the people who pays their salaries etc; & not the govt in power, so, they better stand up to illegal orders.

Sodomite | 8 years ago | Reply Time for all these people to face the law. Its time to learn religion and law.

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