Staff Reporter
Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, on wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan asking him to task the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) with investigating two provincial ministers for alleged ties to criminals. The developments come amid a political tussle over the removal of Imam from his post as the provincial police chief. After the Sindh government formally asked the centre to remove Imam in early January, the opposition in Sindh has vehemently opposed the move. In the letter to the premier, Naqvi asked PM Imran to mandate the FIA with conducting inquiries against two important provincial ministers, Saeed Ghani and Imtiaz Shaikh, to probe the allegations leveled against them for ties with criminals. Naqvi also took a swipe at the Sindh CM for violating the police act. “We take strong exception that the IGP Sindh is being replaced without taking the police commission into confidence. Such actions should not be announced through the media till they are finalised,” he said. Naqvi noted that under new laws approved by the Sindh Assembly, the three-year tenure of an IGP was protected from political interventions. “In the last 12 years of Pakistan People’s Party rule, 14 IGPs have been changed,” he outlined. Addressing PM Imran, Naqvi further said that if the CM Sindh was seeking to change the IGP, he should have informed the premier in writing and in private, or the federal government in private, giving compelling reasons as called out in Clause 12 of the Police Act. “Instead he chose to go against a decorated police officer who has served the police department for over 25 years, who has served abroad and received many awards for his services,” he said. “IGP is an extremely respected officer and considered as competent by colleagues,” he added.
