KARACHI: Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Shahid Hayat along with 900 officers is removed from his post on special orders of Pakistan’s Supreme Court.
According to Pakistan’s JAAG TV, a summary to remove all OPS officers was sent to Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah who approved the summary.
The removal orders apply on more than 900 officers of 47 departments.
Generally seen as a straight-forward police official, Mr Hayat has many high-profile cases to his credit. However, it was his involvement in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case that kept him in the news for a long time.
The deadly encounter took place in September 1996 and, 17 years on, Mr Hayat has been made Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP), Karachi range.
Some high-profile cases whose investigation Mr Hayat headed included the supervision of the probe into the Shahzeb murder case, which culminated in the successful custody of Shahrukh Jatoi, since convicted, and his return to Karachi to face trial. Another case related to the arrest of a man known as the ‘white corolla wallah’.
Mr Hayat also supervised the investigation into the Abbas Town bombing and arrested several suspects.
After he assumed the charge as AIG Karachi and his role in Karachi operation, city’s ruling party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) repeatedly demanded his removal.
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