KARACHI:The provincial cabinet of Sindh has unanimously called upon the federal government to withdraw the services of the incumbent Inspector General of Police Sindh Syed Kaleem Imam.
The cabinet meeting with single-point agenda was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah here on Wednesday at CM House.
The cabinet observed that the Inspector General of Police failed to control crime in the province and he violated discipline repeatedly, including making direct correspondence and direct contact with the foreign missions and embassies without prior approval of the government and the foreign office.
The meeting observed that the IG police had written a letter to the chief minister to surrender the services of DIG Khadim Rind. After some time, he sent a reminder to the chief minister. When the chief minister returned the services of DIG Khadim Rind to the federal government, the IG police sent a `secret’ letter to the chief secretary and protested with him on the surrender of the DIG without his knowledge and leaked the copy of the letter to the media.
The cabinet unanimously called upon the federal government to withdraw the services of the IG Police Dr Kaleem Imam and post one of the senior officer for which the provincial cabinet recommended four names unanimously. The cabinet finalized the names of Ghulam Qadir Thebo, Mushtaq Maher, Sanaullah Abbasi and Kamran Fazal.