The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Wednesday that Sindh Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Haider Jamali be indicted on February 2, in contempt of court case.
The three-member bench chaired by Justice Amir Hani Muslim and comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice resumed the hearing of the case and issued its ruling. The court also appointed Additional Advocate General Sarwar Khan as prosecutor in the case.
The bench ordered the indictment of the Sindh IG for retaining Saifullah Palphoto on deputation in the Sindh Anti Corruption Department (ACD) of twice in violation of an earlier court order.
The bench also ordered charge sheeting of Saifullah Palphoto.
Earlier, the apex court turned down Jamali’s unconditional apology filed in the case. Justice Amir Hani Muslim remarked that it was not a mistake but it was contempt of court as a mistake could be corrected in one minute.
He observed that Sindh IG appointed Palphoto in the anti-corruption establishment as circle officer while ignoring the court’s orders, and he was first promoted to assistant director and later promoted to deputy director in the same year.
It is pertinent to mention that Palphoto was inducted into the police department in 1995 as assistant sub-inspector and was later elevated to the position of inspector in grade-16 in 2002. He was later promoted in the Sindh ACD in grade-17 and then to 18 as a deputy director.
Later, the hearing of the case was adjourned until February 2.
