The appointment of the new inspector general of police (IGP) in Sindh is expected in the next 48 hours as the deadlock over the name of one of the persons whose name has been recommended persists, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

Quoting its sources, 24News reported that in this connection, Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah had sent the names of three persons, Ghulam Nabi Memon, Ameer Sheikh and Javed Alam Odho, to the federal government.

Sources disclosed that although the chief minister was in favour of making Memon the province’s IGP, still there was an opposition from within the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to his appointment.

Some influential politicians were opposed to his appointment, they revealed.

The federal government will likely appoint one of these three persons whose names have been proposed, while the current IGP Sindh Rifaat Mukhtar will be transferred.

Reporter: Aajiz Jamali