Sindh police form committee to probe faulty vehicle in Zardari's motorcade
The three-member inquiry, chaired by Additional IGP Karachi Azad Khan, will examine how an unroadworthy Toyota Revo was cleared for the president's Thatta visit.
Sindh police have opened an inquiry into how a government vehicle unfit for the road was assigned to President Asif Ali Zardari's motorcade during his visit to Thatta, after the pickup developed a technical fault while deployed in the convoy.
The Inspector General of Police, Sindh, ordered the inquiry in a notification issued on Nov 3, 2026, which set up a three-member committee and asked it to submit its report and recommendations within seven days.
Additional IGP Karachi Azad Khan chairs the committee. DIG Logistics and Welfare Zubair Dreshak and DIG Finance Tanvir Alam Odho are its members.
The Express Tribune reported that the vehicle was a government-owned Toyota Revo double-cabin pickup with registration number SPF-961, and that it developed the fault during the president's Thatta visit.
The committee will establish how a vehicle that was faulty and unroadworthy came to be given duty in a presidential motorcade, and will identify the officers and personnel responsible for inspecting it and clearing its deployment.
It will examine the vehicle's mechanical condition at the time of deployment, any technical defects that existed before it was assigned, and its repair and maintenance record.
The inquiry extends to the funds allocated to the Sindh Police Special Security Unit and what the unit spent on fuel, transport, repairs and the purchase of new vehicles.
The committee is to name officers and personnel found negligent and recommend departmental action against them under the relevant rules. It will also propose measures to prevent a repeat in future VIP and VVIP motorcades.
Daily Times reported the incident as the breakdown of a vehicle accompanying the presidential convoy during the Thatta visit, without giving the make or registration number. It said the IGP took notice of the incident and formed the three-member committee to conduct a transparent investigation.
ARY News reported that Sindh police had launched a probe into the faulty vehicle in the president's convoy.
How the reports differ
The Express Tribune named the vehicle, a government-owned Toyota Revo double-cabin pickup with registration number SPF-961, and reported that the IGP wants the committee's report within seven days. Daily Times described the incident only as a vehicle accompanying the convoy that broke down, without giving the make or the registration number, and said the inquiry was ordered to be transparent. Both named the same chairman and members, with the names spelt Zubair Darishk and Tanveer Alam Odho in Daily Times and Zubair Dreshak and Tanvir Alam Odho in the Express Tribune. ARY News led on the police probe itself.
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