KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will meet here on Tuesday (today) to formally announce the name of the new Sindh chief minister. According to the party sources, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah will formally tender his resignation at today’s meeting. A few names are making rounds in the political circles for the coveted post. Murad Ali Shah, senior minister for finance, energy, planning and development, is said to be a strong candidate for the slot. Other contenders include senior minister for education, literacy and parliamentary affairs Nisar Khuhro, minister for mines and mineral development Manzoor Wasan, home minister Sohail Anwar Siyal and Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. However, party sources have dismissed these names as speculation. Earlier on Monday, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said he would accept any decision made by the party. Shah’s statement came a day after the PPP announced its decision to install a new chief minister in Sindh. “My fate as Sindh chief minister is in the hands of the party leaders and I will accept any decision they place before me,” Shah said on his arrival from Dubai on Monday. The Dubai meeting also discussed matters pertaining to governance and law and order in the province, especially extension of Rangers’ policing powers. The party decided in principle to extend the policing powers of Rangers but only in Karachi, not entire Sindh. Deliberations on the duration of the powers and related issues are still going on.