More Than 800 Illegally Employed Policemen Face The Door In Sindh

An inquiry committee has discovered the ‘illegal’ appointment of over 800 policemen, who now face dismissal from their jobs. According to officials, a former provincial police chief has also been found to have being involved, while playing a ‘criminal role’ in their appointment.

A member of the committee that was formed recently under the orders of the Supreme Court stated on Saturday that a report had been prepared following weeks of investigations that had unraveled illegal appointments in the Sindh Reserve Police (SRP) located in Hyderabad which was formed for two consecutive years. The official said that all the illegally appointed officers had gained their jobs by the direct involvement of the former inspector general.

“A total of 820 employees of the SRP have been traced as appointed illegally,” said a senior police officer also a member of the committee.

“The DIG of SRP has been asked to issue all such appointees show-cause notices which will lead to their dismissal from service. The issuance of notices has been initiated and within a couple of months the process of dismissal will be completed,” he added.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had presented its report before the Supreme Court during the course of a hearing of a case regarding corruption and illegal appointments in the Sindh police.

Former Sindh IGP Ghulam Hyder Jamali’s ‘criminal role’ was referred to including illegal activities costing the exchequer more than Rs2 billion aside from illegal employments in various sections of the law enforcement agency.

The NAB report presented to the court stated, “It has been alleged in the instant case that illegal appointments have been made in the Sindh police.”

“In this regard information collected from the Sindh police reveals that in pursuance of the orders of the Supreme Court an inquiry committee was formed which found that 383 and 437 officials were illegally appointed during 2013 and 2014, respectively, in the Sindh Reserve Police, Hyderabad.”

Relying on the facts discovered by the Sindh police inquiry committee’s report, the NAB report highlighted details of misappropriation of funds under the several headings, including uniform purchases, maintenance of buildings and vehicles and investigation fee payment to officers.

“The committee has completed its job. After the dismissal of illegal appointees, the process of rehiring will be initiated by the Sindh police to recruit personnel purely on the basis of merit. It has been decided that another fair chance will be given to the dismissed policemen so they can prove their merit, which they did not in the past.”

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