The Supreme Court on Monday directed Sindh Chief Secretary Fazal-ul-Rehman to appear before it today (Tuesday) to explain why he had transferred a deputy inspector general (DIG) of police who had uncovered private police-run torture prison cells and who had made headway in arresting an influential Sindhi wadera (feudal lord), accused of kidnapping nine members of a peasant family. "This is sheer interference in court function. The DIG was assisting the court in important cases. The chief secretary should explain why a contempt of court proceedings not be initiated against him," said the show cause notice issued to the chief secretary by the Supreme Court bench, comprising of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad and Justice Hamid Ali Mirza.
The bench directed the Sindh additional advocate general, Qazi Khalid, to request that the chief secretary revoke the transfer orders of the Mirpurkhas DIG, who had been subsequently made an officer on special duty (OSD). "We will not let any body erode the authority of the court," the bench observed.