ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Nehal Hashmi, as Sindh governor, who will now replace MQM-P’s Kamran Khan Tessori to assume office.
Earlier, the Prime Minister Shehbaz had forwarded a summary of Nehal Hashmi’s appointment as Sindh governor to President Asif Ali Zardari for the final approval, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement.
In a press release, the President’s Office’s media wing stated, “President Zardari has approved the appointment of Mr. Nihal Hashmi as Governor Sindh, acting on the advice of PM under Articles 48 & 101 of Pakistan’s Constitution.”
It said that the President has congratulated and expressed his best wishes to Nehal Hashmi on his appointment as Governor of Sindh.
“The President has also signed the Commission of Appointment for this appointment, and that he will take an oath before the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court,” the media wing said.
Earlier today, the premier met Hashmi in Islamabad and congratulated him on his proposed appointment as the governor.
The appointment will replace Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Kamran Tesori, who has been serving as the Governor of Sindh since October 10, 2022.
Who is Nehal Hashmi?
Hailing from Karachi, Nehal Hashmi has been associated with the PML-N for the past several decades. He was the advisor to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Law and Justice from 1997 to 1999.
In 2012, he served as the president of the PML-N in Karachi, and then in August 2014, he was made the general secretary of the PML-N chapter in Sindh.
In 2015, Nehal Hashmi was elected as the Senate candidate from the PML-N’s Punjab seat. His party membership was suspended in 2017 and later restored in 2021.
On February 1, 2018, he was sentenced to one month in prison and a fine of Rs 50,000 in a contempt of court case. As a result of this sentence, his Senate membership was terminated, and he was disqualified for 5 years. Later, he was released after serving one month in prison.
