PML-N leader Nehal Hashmi has been sworn in as the new Governor of Sindh. The oath of office was administered by Sindh High Court Chief Justice Zafar Ahmed Rajput at a ceremony held in Karachi.
The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Sindh Home Minister Zia Lanjar, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab, PML-N Sindh President Bashir Memon, as well as party leaders, workers, and other dignitaries.
It is worth noting that the decision to appoint Nehal Hashmi as the Governor of Sindh was made yesterday, and President Asif Ali Zardari approved his appointment.
Nehal Hashmi, who hails from Karachi, has been associated with the Pakistan Muslim League (N) for several decades. He served as the Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Law and Justice from 1997 to 1999.
He began practising law in the late 1980s and, as a student leader, founded the All Pakistan Youth League. Nehal Hashmi entered active politics in the 1990s and joined PML-N in 1992.
He served as Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Law, Justice and Human Rights from 1997 to 1999, handling key legal matters including Nawaz Sharif’s NAB case and the Murtaza Bhutto Tribunal.
In 2012, he became the President of PML-N Karachi and was appointed General Secretary of PML-N Sindh in August 2014. In 2015, he was elected as a Senate candidate of PML-N from a Punjab seat. Nehal Hashmi was expelled from the party in 2017 over a controversial statement regarding the Panama Papers case but was reinstated in 2021.
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