KARACHI: Sindh government on Thursday transferred the services of Zia-ur-Rehman, the brother of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, back to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
The Services, General Administration and Coordination Department also issued a notification in this regard signed by Chief Secretary Sindh. The services of the BPS-19 officer Ziaur Rehman, who was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the District Central in Karachi, was withdrawn.
The notification said. “In pursuance of Establishment Division, Government of Pakistan’s Notification, Mr. Zia-ur-Rehman, an officer of PMS (BS-19) of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, presently posted a Collector / Deputy Commissioner, Central, Karachi is relieved from Government of Sindh and his services are hereby repatriated to Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with immediate effect.”
It is worth mentioning here that the appointment of Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s brother stirred controversy after the ruling PTI and MQM-P highlighted the issue and demanded to immediately remove him
The parties claimed that the move as illegal and unconstitutional and said that the move was a tactic to make the All Parties Conference (APC) successful.
Later on August 10, the Sindh government refused to handover the services of Ziaur Rehman to the federal government. However, the appointments from other provinces on deputation are banned according to the apex court verdict.
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