KARACHI, Feb 24: In the wake of Sindh police chief Kaleem Imam’s request for removal of the Umerkot SP and Deputy Commissioner from their posts to ensure transparency in an upcoming by-poll on a provincial assembly seat in the district, the Sindh government approached the
Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to remove him from the post.
Murtaza Wahab, adviser to the Sindh chief minister as well as the
provincial government’s spokesperson, said the IGP seems to hold Umerkot
SP Aijaz Ahmed Shaikh personal grudge.
He said the provincial government has already asked the federal
government for removal of IGP Imam.
The PPP’s rivals want to use the Sindh top cop to influence the by-poll,
he claimed, adding free and fair by-election can’t be held in the
presence of the incumbent IG.
It is noteworthy that the police chief earlier on Feb 20 wrote a letter
to the provincial election commissioner Sindh to transfer SP Shaikh to
ensure transparency in the by-elections in PS-52 Umerkot district.
The by-election will be held in PS-52 Umerkot on March 17, according to
the ECP schedule. The seat in question fell vacant after the death of
former PPP MPA Syed Ali Mardan Shah on January 19.
