Karachi (Web Desk): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nehal Hashmi took oath as Sindh governor replacing Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) Kamran Khan Tessori.
Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC), Justice Zafar Ahmed Rajput, administered the oath to Governor Hashmi.
A large gathering of guests was present on the lawn of the Governor House for the occasion.
The oath-taking ceremony was attended by province’s political and administrative leadership, including Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, Mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab, Inspector General (IG) of Sindh Police, and other senior officials, along with a significant number of provincial ministers and members of the Sindh Assembly.
According to sources, after taking the oath, Governor Nehal Hashmi expressed his commitment to contribute actively to the development of the province and to foster better coordination between the federal and provincial governments.
On the occasion, Sindh CM and other attendees congratulated the new governor and extended their best wishes.
Hashmi assumed the office of Sindh governor after taking the oath a day following President Asif Ali Zardari’s approval of his appointment, which came on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Syed Nehal Hashmi is a lawyer and a seasoned politician. He previously served as Senator from March 2015 to February 2018.
Earlier, between 1997 and 1999, he worked as Adviser to then premier Nawaz Sharif on Law, Justice and Human Rights.
Within the PML-N, he has also held key organisational roles, including serving as president of the party’s Karachi chapter and as the party’s general secretary in Sindh.
Hashmi was elected to the Senate in 2015 on a general seat from Punjab. However, in 2018 he was convicted in a contempt of court case and sentenced to one month in prison, along with disqualification from holding any public office for five years.