Times of Islamabad

CJP Justice Saqib Nisar summons NAB Chief to his chamber

CJP Justice Saqib Nisar summons NAB Chief to his chamber

ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice, Mian Saqib Nisar is disappointed over theperformance of the National Accountability Bureau.

He has summoned chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Justice (r)Javed Iqbal to his chamber over the disappointing performance of theanti-graft institution.

During the hearing of a case on Friday, the CJP raised questions about theperformance of NAB, remarking that NAB was doing nothing except knockinglegal doors frequently.

Is there a single case that NAB has winded up, the top judge questioned,adding that the nation must know what happened to those who were involvedin illegal appointments.

He further observed that there was a need to change the structure of NAB asinvestigations and filing of references takes place without any tangibleoutput on the cases.

The CJP asked if this is the duty of courts to purge the NAB of itswrongdoings, following which he summoned NAB chief to his chamber.

Chairman NAB, Javed Iqbal is a retired Senior Justice of the Supreme Courtof Pakistan who is currently serving as the Chairman of the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB); he was appointed as the chief on 8 October2017.