Karachi (Sep 7, 2017): The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday declared Sindh government decision to remove Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh A D Khwaja as illegal.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar announced its reserved verdict on petition challenging removal of AD Khwaja as IGP and restoration of Police Act 1861.
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The court in its decision declared Khawaja’s removal as illegal and without any legal justification. The court also declared the restoration of 1861 Police Act as unconstitutional.
The court declared that IGP’s tenure was for three years and he could not be removed before completion of the tenure.
During the announcement of the decision, counsel for the petitioners Faisal Siddiqui, Attorney General, Assistant Advocate General Sindh and other were present in the court room.
Justice Munib Akhtar read out the verdict.
The court ruled that IGP had complete authority and power to transfer and post police officers. The court said that for removing IGP, the guidelines given by Supreme Court in Anita Turab case must be complied with.
The court underlined the need of reforms in police.
On May 30, a division bench of the SHC had reserved verdict on identical petitions challenging removal of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh AD Khwaja by the provincial government after hearing arguments of the petitioners counsels and Advocate General Sindh and others.
The court had stayed the removal of Khwaja till the announcement of the verdict in the case.
A two-judge bench headed by Justice Munib Akhtar had reserved the verdict after hearing concluding arguments from Advocate General Sindh Zameer Ghumro, and others in last week of May.
It allowed IG Khawaja to continue discharging his duties till pronouncement of the verdict on a date to be fixed by the court office later.
In April this year, the Sindh government surrendered the services of the AD Khwaja to the center and appointed additional IG Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti in his place.
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