Dar Confirms Kamran Tessori’s Continuation as Sindh Governor

Islamabad-Dar Confirms Kamran Tessori’s Continuation as Sindh Governor, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday said that Bashir Memon is not being appointed as Sindh governor.

The speculation had been circulating in various media outlets over the past few days.

Speaking to a private channel, Senator Dar clarified that Kamran Tessori – affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) –  remains in his position as Governor of Sindh.

He categorically denied the rumours, stating, “There is no truth in the news of Bashir Memon being appointed as the Governor of Sindh.”

Earlier, In response to the circulating rumours, MQM- P chief Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui also weighed in calling the reports baseless.

“No such consultation has taken place regarding the governorship, so there is no truth in these reports,” Siddiqui asserted.

Meanwhile, sources said that the PML-N is holding consultation with the coalition partner PPP on the matter.

On Saturday, Tessori vowed to continue serving as Sindh governor amid replacement reports, saying that he will continue to be in people’s service.

“The positions keep coming and going but I will continue to serve the people till I am on the governor’s post,” he said in response to the questions regarding his potential replacement.

The Sindh governor said that he enjoyed the confidence of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and MQM-P chief Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.

“I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities as Sindh governor,” he added.

Earlier, sources had said that a change in the governor’s office is likely to take place in the coming days. They said that the PML-N leadership contacted the PPP’s top leaders on Friday and discussed the matter.

In April, the sources claimed that former Sindh caretaker chief minister Justice (retired) Maqbool Baqar could be appointed as the new governor of the province.

Responding to one such report, MQM-P leader Khajawa Izharul Hassan had also dismissed the potential removal of Tessori, citing a social contract.

Hassan had said that according to the social contract, the governor should be the representative of urban Sindh if the elected chief minister repeatedly belonged to the rural areas of the province, adding that the appointment of the incumbent governor [Tessori] was fully in harmony with the prevailing social contract in the province.

Moreover, a PPP leader Waqar Mehdi on April 12 this year declared Tessori as the “biggest failure as governor” in the history of the province, saying he had failed to discharge his due role as he, being the representative of the federation in the province, was supposed to develop consensus on political issues.

PPP Sindh General Secretary Waqar Mehdi had called upon the PML-N ruling in the Centre to immediately finalise its nominee as the new governor of Sindh. “Kamran Tessori better go on leave until the PML-N chooses the new governor for Sindh.”.