{"id":106075,"date":"2026-03-15T05:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-nominates-pml-ns-nihal-hashmi-for-appointment-as-sindh-new-governor-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T05:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:01:14","slug":"pm-nominates-pml-ns-nihal-hashmi-for-appointment-as-sindh-new-governor-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pm-nominates-pml-ns-nihal-hashmi-for-appointment-as-sindh-new-governor-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"PM nominates PML-N\u2019s Nihal Hashmi for appointment as Sindh new governor – Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ISLAMABAD \u2013 Prime Minister Office nominated Pakistan Muslim League \u2013 Nawaz (PML-N)\u00a0 leader Nihal Hashmi as the new Governor of Sindh, the officials confirmed on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s Office said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has forwarded the summary for the appointment to the President of Pakistan for final approval.<\/p>\n

The prime minister also met with Nihal Hashmi to congratulate him on his new role. Senior leaders, including Rana Sanaullah and Ishaq Dar, were present during the meeting.<\/p>\n

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A native of Karachi, Nihal Hashmi has been associated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for decades. He served as Advisor for Law and Justice to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from 1997 to 1999. In 2012, he became President of PML-N in Karachi and was later appointed General Secretary of the party\u2019s Sindh chapter in August 2014.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Hashmi was nominated as a Senate candidate from Punjab by PML-N. He faced a temporary setback in 2017 when he was expelled from the party over a controversial statement related to the Panama Papers case, but his membership was reinstated in 2021.<\/p>\n

Currently, Kamran Tessori of MQM Pakistan is serving as the Governor of Sindh. Hashmi\u2019s appointment marks a significant political move for the ruling party in the province.<\/p>\n

Sindh\u2019s political landscape has been stirred by criticism of former Governor Kamran Tessori, with nationalist leaders accusing him of promoting ethnic politics from the Governor House. The controversy emerged following an event attended by leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P).<\/p>\n

Qaumi Awami Tehreek leader Ayaz Latif Palijo said the Governor House had been turned into a \u201chub for conspiracies against Sindh and Pakistan,\u201d warning that actions undermining Sindh\u2019s interests could threaten the country\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n

The next day, Sindh Senior Minister and Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon criticised what he described as biased and inflammatory speeches delivered during the same ceremony. He condemned references to state institutions, saying such discussions were inappropriate for a constitutional office and undermined civic harmony.<\/p>\n

Sharjeel Inam Memon expressed concern over elected officials allegedly using official platforms to convey partisan or ethnic messages, stressing that incidents like this \u2014 particularly involving MQM members addressing one another \u2014 could erode Karachi\u2019s longstanding culture of peace and brotherhood.<\/p>\n

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ISLAMABAD \u2013 Prime Minister Office nominated Pakistan Muslim League \u2013 Nawaz (PML-N)\u00a0 leader Nihal Hashmi as the new Governor of Sindh, the officials confirmed on Thursday. The Prime Minister\u2019s Office said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has forwarded the summary for the appointment to the President of Pakistan for final approval. The prime minister also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pm-shehbaz-reconstitutes-ecc-expands-membership-to-eight-pakobserver-725201.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karachi-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t