The new appointed police officers will work as Special Force officers. PHOTO: APP
He said that 10,000 new police officers will be inducted in Sindh, adding that 2,500 of them will be appointed in Karachi.
The new appointed police officers will work as Special Force officers and will be posted in those areas of Karachi where there has been an increase in terrorist activity and target killings.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had advised the chief minister to life the ban on appointment of new officers.
IG Sindh
According to sources, three names have been suggested for the position of Inspector General (IG) Sindh by the federal government to the Sindh government, Express News reported.
The names of Mushtaq Sakhera, Captain (retired) Liaquat and Mir Zubair Muhammad have been suggested.
The position of the top cop in the province has been vacant for almost a month since former IG Sindh Shahid Nadeem Baloch retired from the post on February 20.
Additional Inspector General of Crime Investigation Department (CID) Iqbal Mehmood provisionally took over reigns of the Sindh IG after Baloch’s retirement.
Previously, the Sindh government suggested former Karachi police chief Iqbal Mehmood and former Sindh police chief Fayyaz Leghari for the post but the federal government said that DIG Farooq Ameen Qureshi and National Highways and Motorway Police Inspector General Zulfiqar Ahmed Cheema are being considered as Baloch’s successors.
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Hope they can get training from our country, as pakistan lacks such facility
9,000 MQM + 1,000 PPP police officers will be joining Sindh Police. Congrats.
No matter who does the recruitment, should be on Merit and 2500 from Karachi, in fact more from the areas where we have most issues, like Lyari. I am sure we can find honest young people who would like to see their lives and their areas improved.
Like in the past, most of these will be political appointees which will do little to improve law and order situation in Karachi. What can be done here to ensure that there will not be any political appointments and hiring will be based on merit only.
And now MQM will re-join the government to enjoy the spoils.Just my guess I hope all the recruitment is done through Public Service Commission and is transparent
Here we go..now need more money to bribe more for nothing.
Will be interesting to see how many of these are from Karachi and then how many will get promoted to higher positions in future. Obviously 7500 will provide chawkidari for politicians.