Sindh government on On Friday he abruptly fired Karachi Police Chief, Additional Inspector General Imran Yaqoob Minhas, from dutye replaced him with Ghulam Nabi Memo.
As for the details, the development he arrives in amid growing complaints of a rise in street crime in the metropolitan city from all segments of company, which they have also called out security administration for his failure to stem such incidents.
In the notification, Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah said: “Ghulam Nabi Memon, an official of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21), additional inspector general of the police, the special branch, Sindh, is relocated and posted with immediate effect and until new orders as an additional inspector general of police, Karachi range Deputy Imran Yaqoob Minhas, transferred.
Notification added that Minhas, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21), had been relocated and posted as an additional inspector general of police at the Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
Also, Allah Bux alias Javed Akhtar Odho, an officer of Police Service of Pakistan (BS-21) was appointed additional inspector general of police, special branch, Sindh, in place of Memo.
It is pertinent to note that Memon’s appointment as Karachi Police Chief came as a surprise to many as he was transferred from the same office in May 2021 is given in load of Special branch, Sindh – a post which was previously held by Minhas.
A guest of new challenges wait for the new police chief, of which an increasing number of street offenses, matters concerning the performance of the force in the port city and accusations of protect high-profile suspects like those in the Nazim Jokhio murder and cases of kidnapping of Dua Mangi.
Memon was appointed chief of the Karachi police for the first time in July 2019. Was transferred as federal government he had requisitioned his services.
The Institution Division, in a letter to the Sindh government had argued that under theart new transfer policy of an officer was required whether he or she had served in a province continuously for 10 years.
However, the Sindh government he had shown reluctance at hand over services of Memorandum to the Federal government and made him chief of Special Branch.
