Sohail Rajput appointed as new Karachi Commissioner

KARACHI: The Sindh government has appointed Dr Sohail Rajput to the post of Commissioner Karachi. 

This comes after Iftikhar Shallwani was transferred to the post of secretary Local Government & Housing Town Planning Department.

The incumbent secretary local government Roshan Ali Sheikh was suspended after being arrested by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a land allotment case.

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah approved Rajput’s appointment, a Grade 21 officer, as the new commissioner of the port city.

Dr Sohail Rajput is a senior government officer who joined the civil service in 1991. He was serving as additional secretary at the Ministry of Finance before his appointment as commissioner of Karachi Division.

He has previously been appointed to the posts of secretary local government Sindh board, secretary finance Sindh, commissioner Hyderabad Division and principal secretary to the chief minister Sindh.

In 2018, Dr Rajput’s services were transferred to the federal government where he was appointed to the Ministry of Finance as the additional secretary.

On 18th August, his services were once again transferred to the Sindh government. He is expected to take charge as Commissioner Karachi soon.