KARACHI: The police chief of Karachi Amir Ahmed Shaikh was transferred from his post in a major reshuffle which took place in the Sindh Police on Monday.

Amir Ahmed Shaikh was among seven high-ranking police officers in Sindh who were either transferred or removed from their posts.

Grade-21 officer Amir Ahmed Shaikh was appointed Additional IG Operations and was replaced by Ghullam Nabi Memon as the Karachi police chief.

Additional IG Hyderabad Ghullam Sarwar Jamali was removed from his post and directed to report to Services and General Administration. Jamali will be replaced by Additional IG Special Branch Waliullah.

Imran Yaqoub has been elevated to Grade-21 and appointed Additional IG Special Branch, while Farhat Junejo has been appointed DIG Special Branch.

Qamar Zaman has been appointed DIG Traffic, Licence and Training.