The federal government has rejected the summary sent by Sindh government over extending Rangers’ policing powers.
According to sources, The summary forwarded from the office of newly elected chief minister was rejected by legal experts of the interior ministry on the pretext that the summaries extending Rangers stay in the province for a year and their policing powers for 90 days, is only limited to Karachi and not the whole of Sindh.
The legal experts at the ministry say that the summaries sent by the provincial government are against Article 147 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
CM Sindh’s Adviser on Law, Murtaza Wahab said lamented the interior ministry and said the summary is in accordance with the constitution and special policing powers of the paramilitary force are limited to Karachi only.