Shehbaz nominates MQM-P's Jalil as Sindh governor

Premier accepts resignation of Wapda chairman Muzzamil Hussain

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday forwarded a summary to President Arif Alvi for the appointment of Mutahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Nasreen Jalil as the governor of Sindh.

The appointment of Jalil came days after the MQM-P's Coordination Committee shared with Shehbaz a list of five names, including Jalil's, for the governorship.

The Sindh governor's post had become vacant when Imran Ismail resigned in the aftermath of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) ouster from power through a vote of no-confidence.

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The former governor had sent his resignation to President Alvi hours before Shehbaz took oath as the prime minister of Pakistan. The president had accepted his resignation nearly a week later.

In the absence of a sitting governor, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani is currently handling additional responsibilities.

Wapda chief's resignation accepted

The prime minister also accepted the resignations of Lt Gen Muzzamil Hussain, the chairman of Water & Power Development Authority (Wapda), who had decided to step down from the post a day earlier over "personal reasons".

He was first appointed as Wapda chairman on August 24, 2016, by the then-government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), and then offered a second-successive term of five years in August 2021 during the PTI’s tenure.