Summary sent to the president after the Bar Council and political leaders demanded the governor’s impeachment
A file photo of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator Nihal Hashmi. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to appoint senior politician Nihal Hashmi as the new governor of Sindh and has sent a summary to the president for approval, the prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
According to a statement issued by the PM Office Media Wing, the Prime Minister forwarded the summary to President Asif Ali Zardari for formal approval of the appointment.
The statement added that Prime Minister Sharif also met Hashmi and congratulated him on his nomination as Governor of Sindh.
The development comes amid mounting criticism of incumbent Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori from legal bodies and political leaders over alleged political activities in the governor’s house.
Last month, the Bar Council of Sindh demanded that President Zardari immediately remove Tessori, declaring that political activities conducted in the governor’s house were against the constitution.
A resolution passed during the council’s 109th meeting on February 21 stated that the governor’s “engagement in political activities and use of the Governor House for political activities is unconstitutional.”
“The House demands the immediate removal of Governor Sindh as he has proved himself unfit to represent the federation,” the resolution said.
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On February 20, Sindhi nationalist leaders also accused Tessori of turning the Governor’s House into a platform for what they described as ethnic politics following an event attended by leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).
Qaumi Awami Tehreek leader Ayaz Latif Palijo claimed that the Governor’s House had been reduced to a “center for hatching conspiracies against Sindh and Pakistan” and warned that any attempt to undermine Sindh posed a threat to the country’s integrity.
A day later, Sindh Senior Minister and Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon condemned what he called hateful and linguistically biased speeches delivered during a ceremony at the Governor’s House, describing the statements as deeply regrettable.
Sharjeel also criticized references to state institutions during the event, saying such discussions were inappropriate for a constitutional platform and undermined civic harmony.
He expressed concern over elected officials using official platforms to deliver biased messages, adding that the incident – particularly involving MQM members addressing each other – threatened Karachi’s culture of peace and brotherhood.
