ISLAMABAD – Sindh government has sacked the Karachi Police ChiefAdditional Inspector General (AIG) Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar.
He on Wednesday was removed as the chief of Karachi police.
According to a notification issued by the office of Sindh Inspector GeneralAmjad Javed Saleemi, Mahar has been transferred and directed to report toCentral Police Office (CPO) Sindh.
Mahar, a BS-21 officer, said that he had written to the IG and Sindhgovernment two days after the July 25 elections, stating that thethree-year period of his tenured service had expired.
The notification announcing the police officer’s transfer was subsequentlyissued.
Mahar was appointed as the Karachi police chief in July 2015, when hereplaced AIG Ghulam Qadir Thebo.
In July 2017, AIG Mahar was transferred and appointed as traffic policechief amid reservations of some stakeholders about the targeted operationsunderway in Karachi.