KARACHI: Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has petitioned the Sindh High Court seeking directive for constitution of a joint investigation team to conduct a probe against provincial information minister Saeed Ghani and others in the light of a report of a senior police officer.

The PTI leader through his lawyer filed the petition stating that as per the January 2018 report of SSP Dr Rizwan, the provincial minister had alleged connection with drug peddlers, land mafia and other criminals in the areas of ChanesarGoth and Mehmoodabad.

The petitioner further submitted that the SSP in his report disclosed the names of drug peddlers, police officials, political people and brother and cousin of Mr Ghani for their alleged involvement in crime.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2022