KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to appoint senior bureaucrat and former Commissioner Karachi Iftikhar Shallwani as the administrator of Karachi.
The official notification for the appointment of Iftikhar Shallwani is expected to be announced on Saturday (today). Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab has confirmed the appointment and said the final decision was made in a meeting of the provincial cabinet.
Iftikhar Shallwani is currently serving as Local Government Secretary after his predecessor Roshan Ali Sheikh was removed after being arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a land allotment case. He was replaced by Sohail Rajput as the new Karachi Commissioner.
A search has been underway for the Karachi administrator ever since the tenure of local government ended on 31st August. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday said that is was the prerogative of the provincial government to appoint the Karachi administrator.
Presiding over a meeting, the chief minister had said that consultation was being held with all parties but the final decision will be made by the provincial cabinet.
Administrators have not been appointed anywhere in Sindh so far. The chief minister said that measures are being taken for the next local body elections in the province.
The chief minister accused the former Karachi mayor of misusing authority and other irregularities. He claimed that they will resolve the problems of Karachi with the same powers given to the former city mayor.
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