Karachi (August 24, 2017): Sindh government on Thursday again appointed Mushtaq Maher as Karachi police chief just a month after his removal from the post.
As per details, the provincial government carried out reshuffling in Sindh police hierarchy. Additional IGP Ghulam Qadir Thebo has again been removed from the key post of Karachi police chief just after a month into the office.
Additional IGP Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar, who was working as traffic police chief has again been given the task of controlling the rising crime rate in the city.
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On July 17, the government shuffled the top brass of the police department, posting out Maher from the position of Additional Inspector General Karachi and making him the Additional IG Traffic.
In his place, the government had posted Thebo.
A notification issued on Thursday stated that Thebo will not be the Additional IG Traffic whereas Maher, who was presently serving as the Additional IG Traffic, will be back in his position as the Karachi police chief.
The provincial government was under pressure to take strict measures as Karachi witnessed scores of bank robberies, kidnapping for ransom, targeted killing of policemen and other street crimes in the past month.
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