KARACHI: AD Khawaja, on Wednesday, expressed his wish in the Sindh High Court (SHC) to voluntarily step down as the Inspector General Police (IGP) Sindh in the best interest of the force.
“The conflict on the IGP Sindh’s posting should be mutually resolved by all parties involved,†Khawaja’s lawyer told the court.
“AD Khawaja wishes to return to the federal government so that the provincial government can appoint an IGP of its choice,” the lawyer said.
He requested the court to end the stay order and remove his client’s name from the respondents’ list.
“The court can neither remove Khawaja’s name from the list of respondents nor end the stay order at this point,” Justice Munib Akhter responded.
The Sindh High Court has stayed the order for AD Khawaja to continue performing his duties as the IGP Sindh numerous times in the past month after it asked respondents to the case to submit various documents.
A cabinet session, where Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah approved the decision to surrender the services of the IGP to the federal government was held on April 5,
A total of 13 IGPs in Sindh were appointed between 2002 and 2017.
Khawaja was appointed the IGP on March 13, 2016.
On April 2, Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti took charge as the acting IGP Sindh after the provincial government surrendered AD Khawaja’s services to the federal government.
Earlier on April 11, the SHC extended the stay order for AD Khawaja to continue serving as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh until April 13.
A notification issued by the Sindh government that replaced AD Khawaja with Sardar Abdul Majeed Dasti as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) was suspended by the SHC on April 3.