On February 20, 2010 the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) reached consensus on the issue of the appointment of the administrators for major cites in Sindh. Lala Fazal-ur-Rehman was appointed as administrator of Karachi.
Mr Fazlur Rehman has also in the past administered karachi as caretaker and magistrate before. He was also the magistrate of jacobabad district.
