PTI leaders pen letters to Imran, Murad
Naqvi, Haleem Adil complain about Sindh government’s handling of IGP removal
PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
As the removal of the provincial police chief drags on, Sindh Assembly opposition leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, complaining that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had not consulted with the police commission about the matter.
Naqvi wrote that according to the new police act, Shah should have informed the commission and the federal government about the Sindh cabinet's decision to replace Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Kaleem Imam personally.
Claiming that the police chief's tenure was for three years, he pointed out that 14 IGPs had served in Sindh in the last 12 years of the Pakistan Peoples Party's rule. "Not letting the IGP complete his term is an injustice to the citizens of Sindh," he said, adding that peace was only maintained in the province because of the presence of the Rangers, while the government had failed to address the situation.
He stated that Imam was being removed because police officials had presented reports against Shah and other ministers, further demanding that the Federal Investigation Agency should inquire into the allegations made by the reports.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh penned a letter to Shah, condemning the politicisation of the matter.
"To gain the sympathies of the people, you are misguiding them," he wrote, referring to the letters Shah had previously written to PM Khan. "The Sindh government is bound to consult the federal government for the transfer of the IGP."
He said that the federal government had responded positively when the process started, and as Shah had consulted his cabinet over the matter, so Khan had consulted the federal cabinet. He added that had the Sindh government followed the rules, the matter would not have become complicated.
"As per your previous traditions, you played the Sindh card, waged a war against the police department, politicised the issue and hurled threats of teaching a lesson to police officers," accused Sheikh.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2020.
As the removal of the provincial police chief drags on, Sindh Assembly opposition leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi has written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, complaining that Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah had not consulted with the police commission about the matter.
Naqvi wrote that according to the new police act, Shah should have informed the commission and the federal government about the Sindh cabinet's decision to replace Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Kaleem Imam personally.
Claiming that the police chief's tenure was for three years, he pointed out that 14 IGPs had served in Sindh in the last 12 years of the Pakistan Peoples Party's rule. "Not letting the IGP complete his term is an injustice to the citizens of Sindh," he said, adding that peace was only maintained in the province because of the presence of the Rangers, while the government had failed to address the situation.
He stated that Imam was being removed because police officials had presented reports against Shah and other ministers, further demanding that the Federal Investigation Agency should inquire into the allegations made by the reports.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf parliamentary leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh penned a letter to Shah, condemning the politicisation of the matter.
"To gain the sympathies of the people, you are misguiding them," he wrote, referring to the letters Shah had previously written to PM Khan. "The Sindh government is bound to consult the federal government for the transfer of the IGP."
He said that the federal government had responded positively when the process started, and as Shah had consulted his cabinet over the matter, so Khan had consulted the federal cabinet. He added that had the Sindh government followed the rules, the matter would not have become complicated.
"As per your previous traditions, you played the Sindh card, waged a war against the police department, politicised the issue and hurled threats of teaching a lesson to police officers," accused Sheikh.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 4th, 2020.