Restructuring police: 20 officers posted to city’s newly created divisions
The changes are largely cosmetic but will reduce workload of some SSPs.
KARACHI:
After the provincial government approved their request to restructure the police department, law enforcers have immediately started trying to implement the change. They issued a notification on Monday which said that five SSPs and 15 SPs have been appointed for the city’s newly established 20 divisions.
The move to restructure the department was made in the light of the recently promulgated Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance 2012 as well as to reduce the workload of SSPs and SPs, ensuring that crime can be tackled more effectively.
Grade-19 officers have been posted in the Gulshan, Orangi, Gulberg, Clifton and City divisions because of increasing crime rates in the areas.
Grade-18 officers have been posted to the remaining 15 divisions.
The officers will assume charge of their new posts soon. The restructuring has brought mostly cosmetic changes - the designation of most officers, including SP Sarfaraz Nawaz and SP Chaudhry Asad Ali, has changed but they are still controlling the same police stations.
For a few, the workload has indeed decreased. “This change will obviously have a huge impact,” said Orangi division SSP Amir Farooqui, who was previously the District West SSP. “I used to have control over 18 police stations but now I command only seven. This makes my jobs easier and I can command the activities at these police stations more closely.”
Heads of some of the divisions
Name and post Divison
SSP Asif Ejaz Sheikh Clifton
SSP Javed Ali Maher City
SSP Amir Farooqui Orangi
SSP Asim Qaimkhani Gulberg
SSP Rao Anwar Gulshan
SP Chaudhry Asad Ali Saddar
SP Sarfaraz Nawaz Lyari
SP Syed Asad Raza Keamari
SP Qamar Zaman SITE
SP Malik Zafar Iqbal Baldia
SP Syed Salman Hussain Liaquatabad
SP Latif Ahmed Siddiqui North Nazimabad
SP Jan Mohammad Birhamani Gadap
SP Zahid Hussain Shah Malir
SP Abdul Qayyum Patafi New Karachi
Published in The Express Tribune, October 2nd, 2012.
After the provincial government approved their request to restructure the police department, law enforcers have immediately started trying to implement the change. They issued a notification on Monday which said that five SSPs and 15 SPs have been appointed for the city’s newly established 20 divisions.
The move to restructure the department was made in the light of the recently promulgated Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance 2012 as well as to reduce the workload of SSPs and SPs, ensuring that crime can be tackled more effectively.
Grade-19 officers have been posted in the Gulshan, Orangi, Gulberg, Clifton and City divisions because of increasing crime rates in the areas.
Grade-18 officers have been posted to the remaining 15 divisions.
The officers will assume charge of their new posts soon. The restructuring has brought mostly cosmetic changes - the designation of most officers, including SP Sarfaraz Nawaz and SP Chaudhry Asad Ali, has changed but they are still controlling the same police stations.
For a few, the workload has indeed decreased. “This change will obviously have a huge impact,” said Orangi division SSP Amir Farooqui, who was previously the District West SSP. “I used to have control over 18 police stations but now I command only seven. This makes my jobs easier and I can command the activities at these police stations more closely.”
Heads of some of the divisions
Name and post Divison
SSP Asif Ejaz Sheikh Clifton
SSP Javed Ali Maher City
SSP Amir Farooqui Orangi
SSP Asim Qaimkhani Gulberg
SSP Rao Anwar Gulshan
SP Chaudhry Asad Ali Saddar
SP Sarfaraz Nawaz Lyari
SP Syed Asad Raza Keamari
SP Qamar Zaman SITE
SP Malik Zafar Iqbal Baldia
SP Syed Salman Hussain Liaquatabad
SP Latif Ahmed Siddiqui North Nazimabad
SP Jan Mohammad Birhamani Gadap
SP Zahid Hussain Shah Malir
SP Abdul Qayyum Patafi New Karachi
Published in The Express Tribune, October 2nd, 2012.