Three-month ban on transfers, postings in Sindh Police

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday imposed a ban on transfer, postings and recruitment of police personnel for three months.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah made this announcement while talking to media persons saying, “Every police officer should remain at one post for at least one year.”
He said that the unregistered seminaries had been closed down across the province and the police and Rangers had been authorised to conduct raids and operations in the province to arrest the terrorists and other criminal elements.
On the occasion, he also announced that the Shikarpur blast case would be sent to military court for trial.
On January 30, at least 61 people were killed and 50 others injured in an explosion at a mosque in Shikarpur. The blast occurred during Friday prayers in a mosque adjacent Karbala Maula Imambargah in Lakhi Dar area.
Shah said that the suicide bomber came from Dera Murad Jamali and stayed in Khanpur where he was trained for at least 15 days. He was associated with a banned outfit.
Qaim Ali Shah told reporters that the facts of the Shikarpur case had been revealed and he praised the role of law enforcement agencies for the arrest of the two accused. “The accused of the Shikarpur tragedy will be punished,” he said.
Shah announced a reward of Rs5 million for security agencies on arresting the culprits of the deadly incident.
Condemning the attack, he said it was a heinous act and the government was successful in taking immediate action in this regard.
Qaim Ali shah added that families of the Shikarpur tragedy victims had protested and he cited the families of those who lost their loved ones in the Peshawar massacre and also demanded the arrest of the culprits.