Sindh secretary information removed

KARACHI: As a high-level probe into controversial anti-Rangers press advertisements is under way, the Sindh government on Saturday removed the Secretary of the Information and Archives Department.
The Sindh governor removed Nazeer Hussain Jamali and in his place posted Secretary Mines and Minerals Department Zahid Hussain Memon.
The posting of Nazeer Hussain Jamali as new secretary Information had come after the portfolio of Information was changed in a major cabinet reshuffle as in place of Sharjeel Memon, Nisar Khuhro was made the new Information Minister.
The Karachi police chief has been heading the four-member high-level probe committee, constituted by the Sindh CM, to look into the issue of the controversial newspaper advertisements, published on October 6, in which purportedly unknown Rangers personnel had been blamed for whisking away some residents of Orangi town.
In his earlier statement to clarify his position, the outgoing secretary Information Nazeer Jamali said that he had received the proposed police advertisement concerning the Rangers, on October 1, 2015 from the SSP (Investigation) concerned. The secretary Information said the proposed press advertisement did not contain a covering letter but bore the reference of court orders regarding the publication of the ads. He said the Information Department was not supposed to carry out amendments in advertisements proposed by any of the provincial government’s departments.
Similar were the views of Sindh Senior Minister for Information Nisar Ahmed Khuhro who said the Information Department of the provincial government only acted as a “post office” in the entire business of advertisements proposed by different government departments for publishing in newspapers.
He said the Information Department could not do changes in contents of newspaper advertisements proposed by various government departments for publishing.