Barrister Murtaza Wahab has been appointed as administrator of Karachi by the Sindh government, stated a notification issued by the local government secretary. Wahab, the son of former PPP leader (late) Fauzia Wahab, is currently serving as adviser to Sindh chief minister on Law, Environment, Climate Change & Coastal Development Department. He was inducted by Sindh Chief Murad Ali Shah into the provincial cabinet in 2016. He had underlined that the Karachi administrator must be appointed after mutual consultation of the PPP and the PTI. In response to a question about the governor’s reservations over such a development, the CM had said: “The governor and PTI have no right to raise any objection to the appointment [of Murtaza Wahab] as the Karachi administrator.

Source: Pakistan Today August 05, 2021 15:00 UTC