Pakistan sacks regional security chiefs over taped killing

Jun 14, 2011, 8:42 GMT

Islamabad - Pakistan Tuesday removed from duty of the provincial chiefs of police and a paramilitary border force in the southern province of Sindh for negligence following the killing of a young man, officials and media said.

Sarfaraz Shah, 19, was shot dead Wednesday by security forces in a park in the provincial capital Karachi. A video of the execution-style killing caused public outrage. The soldiers initially claimed they opened fire on a man after an attempted robbery.

The Supreme Court Friday ordered the removal of Ijaz Chaudhary, director general of the province's Rangers, and Sindh police inspector general Fayyaz Leghari, for failure to take action against the soldiers after the video surfaced.

'In compliance with the Supreme Court's orders, Major General Ijaz Chaudhary, DG Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), has been posted out,' army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said.

Geo television said the federal government has issued a notice of Leghari's removal.

The court also appointed a senior police officer to investigate the killing and ordered a district court to complete the case within a month.