More Military Officers to be posted in civil departments on deputation basis: report
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The process of appointing currently serving military officers within the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recommenced as the anti-corruption agency deals with an increased workload.
Four senior army officials have been added to NAB shortly before the appointment of the deputy chairman and prosecutor general. According to notifications from the Establishment Division dated October 10, Brig Mohammad Khalid (Infantry) has been designated as a director (BS-20), Lt Col Nadeem Muzaffar (Intelligence Staff College) has joined as an additional director (BS-19), Maj Waleed Khalid (Military Intelligence) and Maj Qais Kamran Syed (MI) have both been appointed as deputy directors (BS-18) on a secondment basis.
These officers are to remain at NAB until further instructions. It's anticipated that more military officers may be brought into NAB soon. The Supreme Court nullified amendments to the NAB law made by the PDM government, resulting in the reopening of over 1,800 cases.
However, NAB faced a shortage of officers to handle the increased caseload, as more than 30 NAB officers had been sent to other departments on deputation over the past 10 months.
Following the departure of these deputation officers, there was a demand for personnel in the areas of forensic audit, investigation, and tax matters. NAB's Intelligence and Vigilance Cell (IVC) was previously led by a serving intelligence officer, but several officers who were serving on deputation were returned to their parent departments after the government reduced the watchdog's authority.
Sources have revealed that in coming days more military officers would be posted in NAB on deputation basis.
