Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem announced on Wednesday that the new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau will be appointed by President Arif Alvi after consultation with the leaders of the House and Opposition.
Nasim revealed in a presser on Wednesday that until the new chairman is appointed, Justice [retd] Javed Iqbal will continue to serve as the bureau’s chief.
“Let me make it clear that he [Iqbal] will be able to exercise all the powers, functions and authorities that a normal chairman has.”, he stated.
There should be a larger pool of candidates to select from, the PM, cabinet members and government believed, Naseem revealed.
Naseem further explained that the names of the candidates for NAB chairman will be sent President Alvi.
“If, in case, the consultation between Opposition and leader of the House turns out to be non-consensus, a parliamentary committee will be formed comprising six members from the government’s benches and six members from the Opposition benches.”, he added.
Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry co addressed the presser and reiterated that that the PM will not hold any talks with Opposition as long as PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif occupies the post.
“If Shahbaz Sharif had a degree of shame he would resign as Opposition leader himself.”, Chaudhry concluded.
