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CM Murad Says Concerns Over Court Verdict About IG Khawaja

Tando Allahyar (September 13, 2017): Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said that he is not disappointed with the verdict in the Inspector General of Police Sindh AD Khawaja’s case.

Addressing the foundation stone laying ceremony of a private Sargodhian Spirit Institute for Professional Development here Murad Shah said that the legal consultations are underway about the AD Khuwaja issue.

Shah said that although his government has concerns over court’s verdict about IG Police Sindh A D Khawaja, it will implement the court order.

“We have a few reservations [with the IGP’s case] but consultations are underway,” Shah said while talking to the media in Tando Allahyar.

Talking about the Cricket Matches in Karachi, CM Sindh said that we wanted to have one of the World XI’s matches in Karachi as well and expect that Karachi will host an international match soon.

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Talking about another issue, Syed Murad Shah said that he has not time to watch and listen to Chaudhary Nisar’s longish press conferences.Murad further said that stringent security arrangements are being made for the month of Muharram. Speedy works are underway on various projects including Thar coal project.

Recruitment is being done on merit for improving the quality of education in Sindh but the teachers too need to work hard. Sindh government is helping the private and government schools because our focus is on education, he added.

In a verdict passed on September 7, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed the provincial government’s order to remove Khawaja as Sindh Police’s top boss.The two-judge SHC bench also restored the IGP’s powers of transfers and postings within the police department, declaring all postings and transfers carried out in the province after July 7 as illegal.

The court, on April 3, had dismissed the provincial government’s decision to remove the Sindh police chief after a group of activists approached the SHC challenging his controversial removal.

The legal wrangling between civil rights activists and the provincial government, which lasted for over ten months, ended with the court’s orders, but the ruling party remains disgruntled with the verdict.

The federal government sacked the Sindh police chief last year on March 12 — a day after he conceded before the Supreme Court that illegal appointments had been made in the police department.

The apex court gave the provincial government a choice to remove the police chief either during the inquiry or after it.

Following the court’s orders, the federal government on the recommendation of Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah transferred Jamali and appointed Khawaja — then AIG Special Branch — as his replacement.

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