Police command changed in Karachi Four additional IGs, 14 DIGs changed;

The News 13 Sept KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday did a major reshuffle in the provincial police department as four additional IGs and 14 DIGs were replaced and a new Karachi Police chief appointed. Shahid Hayat was appointed as the Karachi Police chief while SSPs of all the districts were also transferred.Reports said that the provincial government took the decision of large scale reshuffling as it was not satisfied with the performance of current police officers. Khadim Rind, Farhat Junejo, Javed Odho, Ghulam Qadir, Bashir Memon, Zakir Hussain, Amir Sheikh, Arif Hanif, Sharjeel Khar, Tahir Naveed, Sanaullah Abbasi, Ghulam Sarwar and Mushtaq Mehr were appointed as DIG Crime Branch, DIG Admin, DIG West Zone, Additional IG Traffic, Additional IG Development, Additional IG Special Branch, DIG Traffic, DIG Sukkur, DIG Larkana, DIG CID, DIG SRP, DIG Finance and DIG Headquarters respectively. Meanwhile, the Sindh government has made up its mind to get necessary legislation passed from the provincial assembly for preventing forcible calls for shutter-down protests in the future so that concerned public did not face any hardship in continuance of their necessary socio-economic activities.