City police chief among top officers replaced

Rising street crime in Karachi, dacoit activities in Katcha lead to widespread transfers postings

KARACHI:

The Sindh government has decided to remove Karachi police chief, and number of DIGs and SSPs from important positions due to surge in street crime in the metropolis and the activities of bandits in Katcha areas.

In view of the bad law and order situation in the province, new officers will be appointed in the province.

The caretaker government had made the appointments of the Sindh police chief IG Riffat Mukhtar Raja, and the top cop of Karachi Additional IG Khadim Hussain Rind, and other DIGs and SSPs in Sindh.

Subsequently, the incoming fourth-consecutive PPP government has decided to change the IG Sindh and the summary of the names of Ghulam Nabi Memon, Javed Alam Odhu and Ameer Sheikh has been sent to the federal government, but the notification of the IG Sindh has not been done so far.

A dispute has arisen between the federal government and the provincial government because the Pakistan Peoples Party desires that Ghulam Nabi Memon become the new Inspector General of Sindh, a decision which has already been made.

Meanwhile, in the city of Karachi, the failure to curb street crimes such as theft, robberies, increasing incidents of house burglaries, and snatching of cars, motorcycles, and bicycles has led to the decision to remove Karachi police chief Additional IG Khadim Hussain Rind, as well.

Apart from this, the Sindh government is considering removal of DIGs of Sukkur, Larkana, and East Zone Karachi, and a decision has been made to appoint new officers in their place. Additionally, decisions have been made to change some SSPs (Senior Superintendents of Police) as well.

Chief Secretary Sindh and IG Sindh have issued notifications for the appointment of four DIGs, SSPs and SPs, according to which Irfan Baloch has been appointed as DIG West Zone, Ahmad Nawaz Cheema has been posted as DIG Traffic Karachi, Iqbal Dara as DIG Traffic, License and Training, Javed Jaskani as DIG Mirpurkhas.

While SSP Mohammad Arab Mehar has been sent to Investigation One District West, SSP Samiullah Soomro has been made Assistant Inspector General Police (AIGP) Operations Central Police Office (CPO), SSP Shehla Qureshi has been posted AIGP Gender Crime / HRC Central Police Office (CPO), and Suhai Aziz Talpur was made SP Technical Forensic and Explosives at Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).

As per the notification, SP Shumail Riaz Malik was posted as AIGP Welfare CPO, SP Farooq Ahmad Bajarani at Foreign Security Cell, SSP Muhammad Anwar Khetran to AIGP Establishment CPO and Arif Aslam Rao was made SSP Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC). SP Aftab Nizamani was posted as AIGP Motor Transport Sindh while SP Mahmood Hussain as Police Training Centre Larkana.

The Sindh police chief has ordered transfer and posting of SSPs of different districts with immediate effect.

Recently posted SSP Ghotki Mir Rohal Khan was transferred and posted as SSP Larkana relieving Muhammad Imran Khan, SSP Shikarpur of the additional charge. Khan was replaced by Sukkur SSP Sumair Noor. Meanwhile Abid Baloch was transferred from SSP Traffic South Karachi and posted as SSP Sukkur in place of Noor with immediate effect.

Irfan Ali Samo was transferred and posted as SSP Shikarpur vice Muhammad Imran Khan transferred and directed to report to Central Police Office, Karachi.

Capt (Retd) Faizan Ali, was posted as SSP Keamari vice Arif Aslam Rao who directed to report to CPO, Sindh, Karachi.

Sindh government has also made another reshuffle in bureaucracy and transferred provincial secretaries with immediate effect.

According to notifications issued by Chief Secretary, the Sindh Planning and Development Board Chairman Shakeel Ahmed Mangnejo, a grade 21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Services (PAS) was transferred and posted as chairman Chief Minister's Inspection, Enquiries and Implementation Team against an existing vacancy.

Meanwhile, Forest and Wildlife Department Secretary Najam Ahmed Shah was transferred and posted as Planning and Development Board chairman in place of Mangnejo. Shah was replaced by Cooperatives Department Secretary Badar Jamil Mandhro.

Khalid Mehmood Shaikh, Ex-PCS (BS-20) officer presently CEO of Sindh People's Housing for Flood Affectees was transferred and posted as Secretary Food Dept in place of Nasir Abass Soomro who was transferred.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2024.