KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday expressed displeasure over the government’s failure to appoint a permanent Inspector General of Sindh Police and directed the secretary establishment to immediately issue the notification for the posting of IGP.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani resumed it hearing of Karachi law and order implementation case at the Supreme Court’s Karachi registry on Thursday.
During the proceedings, the chief justice remarked that it was shocking that the province’s police department had no permanent Inspector General and the Director General of Rangers Sindh was without powers.
The chief justice said that it showed the non-seriousness of the authorities concerned that still acting police head was serving at the key post in the province despite deteriorating law and order situation.
Justice Jilani directed the attorney general to ask the secretary establishment for immediate appointment of IGP Sindh and sought a report in this regard.
