Daily Times

KARACHI: After successfully winning over the legal battle with Sindh Government, the Inspector General Sindh Police AD Khawaja now moves to mend the ties with the provincial government by resorting to the policy of reconciliation which reflects in the massive reshuffling being made in the police department.

Additional Inspector General Ghulam Qadir Thebo, an officer of BPS 21 was posted as Additional Inspector General traffic by AD Khawaja on Monday.

Couple of days before Sindh High Court (SHC) ruled that Allah Dino Khawaja will continue functioning as the provincial police chief. All the appointments, as many as 57 police officers, were withdrawn by the IGP Khawaja and the officers who were transferred and posted by government of Sindh during last three months were reverted to their previous positions.

These officers including Ghulam Qadir Thebo was posted by Home department without the consent of AD Khawaja.

According to a senior official, AD Khawaja first canceled all those 22 notifications of posting and transfers of 57 officers but instead of replacing them he allowed some of the officers to continue with their current positions, where they were posted during last days, to show his positive gesture to Suhail Anwar Siyal, Home Minister Sindh and other governmental officials.

On Sunday and Monday AD Khawaja issued 2 separate notifications through which at least 15 high officials of police were transferred and posted including Ghulam Qadir Thebo whose position as AIG Traffic has been uphold.

According to the notification, issued on Monday, officers of BPS 18, Sheeraz Nazir and Sajid Amir Saddozai were posted as the SPs District Qambhar and District Larkana respectively.

In massive reshuffling at least four deputy inspector generals (DIGs), seven Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) and eleven Superintendents of Police (SPs) were transferred and posted by IGP Sindh.

Meanwhile, a grade 21 police officer has also assumed the charge of his office. Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti (BS-21), an officer of the PSP has resumed the charge of the office of Additional Inspector General of Police Research, Development, Inspection and Enquiries Karachi.

Dr Amir Ahmed Shaikh, a grade 20 officer, awaiting posting, was posted as DIGP, T&T, Sindh, Karachi against an existing vacancy. Imran Yaqoob Minhas, a grade 20 officer, DIGP, Finance CPO, Sindh is transferred and posted as DIGP Traffic, Karachi, Asif Aijaz Shaikh, an officer of the PSP (BS-19), transferred and directed to report to CPO, Sindh, Karachi and Imran Yaqoob Minhas is allowed to hold the charge of the DIGP Finance in addition to his own duties.

Sultan Ali Khowaja, an officer of the PSP (BS-20), DIGP, Information Technology (IT), CPO, Sindh is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as DIGP East Zone, Karachi vice Arif Hanif, an officer of the PSP (BS-20), proceeded to join National Management Course at Lahore.

On promotion to BS-20 by Establishment division, government of Pakistan Islamabad’s Notification dated 28-08-2017, Saqib Ismail Memon, an officer of the PSP, awaiting posting is posted with immediate effect and until further orders as DIGP, Criminal Investigation Agency, Karachi Range vice Dr Jamil Ahmed, an officer of the PSP (BS-20), transferred and directed to report to CPO, Sindh, Karachi.

Irfan Ali Baloch, an officer of the PSP (BS-19) SSP District Hyderabad, is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as SSP, District Central, Karachi Range vice Lt. Cdr. (retd) Muqaddas Haider, an officer of the PSP (BS-19), transferred.

Lt. Cdr. (retd) Muqaddas Haider, an officer of the PSP (BS-19), SSP District Central, Karachi Range, is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as SSP, Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC), Karachi Range vice Manzoor Ali Khatian, an officer of the PSP (BS-18), transferred and directed to report to CPO, Sindh, Karachi.

Syed Pir Muhammad Shah, an officer of the PSP (BS-19), SSP/Principal SBB, EPTC, Razzakabad, Karachi is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as SSP District Hyderabad vice Irfan Ali Baloch, an officer of the PSP (BS-19), transferred.

Umar Tufail, an officer of the PSP (BS-18), SSP District Larkana, is transferred and posted with immediate effect and until further orders as SP District Shikarpur, vice Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui, an officer of the PSP (BS-18), transferred while Siddiqui, has been posted with immediate effect as ADIGP Establishment, Karachi Range against an existing vacancy.

Published in Daily Times, September 12^th 2017.