{"id":3025,"date":"2021-10-05T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T11:46:29","slug":"federal-govt-decides-to-extend-nab-chief-justice-r-javed-iqbal-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/federal-govt-decides-to-extend-nab-chief-justice-r-javed-iqbal-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal govt decides to extend NAB Chief Justice (r) Javed Iqbal tenure"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The federal government may extend the tenure of incumbent National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.
\nThe Prime Minister Imran Khan held a meeting with legal minds to deliberate various options on the appointment of a new anti-graft body chief or extending the tenure of the incumbent one.
\nThe attorney general for Pakistan\u2019s draft of proposed amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance 2000 was also discussed.
\nThe final meeting on the NAB chairman will be held on Thursday (tomorrow).
\nA senior federal minister told media that the government would extend the tenure of Javed Iqbal.
\n“However, it is yet to be clear as to whether the incumbent chairman’s tenure will be given another term or he will be allowed to work until the appointment of his successor,\u201d said the senior federal minister, who was part of the meeting.
\nLegislation will be required to implement either of the suggestions.
\nIn the case of an extension, it would be for four years.
\nIt is learnt that one government functionary suggested to the PM to extend the NAB chief\u2019s tenure until the appointment of his successor.
\nOtherwise, consultation with the leader of the opposition in National Assembly would be required to give another term to the incumbent chairman.
\nThe participants also deliberated as to whether or not the PM should consult with the leader of opposition in NA on the appointment.
\nThe AGP\u2019s amendment draft endorsed the consultation process with the opposition leader.
\nDespite a few participants\u2019 reservations, the premier has no issue consulting with the leader of opposition, one of the participants said.
\nPolitical analysts believe that the opinion of “powerful circles will be significant in the final decision.
\nSources informed that the participants agreed not to mention the role of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) in the appointment of NAB chief.
\nEarlier, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) had sought the government’s opinion on the Supreme Court\u2019s suggestion for consulting the CJP while appointing the anti-graft buster chief.
\nThe SJC may take up complaints of misconduct against the incumbent NAB chairman soon.
\nInterestingly, Justice Qazi Faez Isa has been included as a new member of the council.
\nThe SJC comprises three senior SC judges and two senior high court chief justices. The CJP is the chairman of the council.
\nMajor opposition parties, including the PPP, have already announced opposing an extension to the incumbent chairman.
\nIt is learnt that AGP Khalid Jawed Khan in his proposed amendments suggested giving the option of bail to the accountability courts.
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government may extend the tenure of incumbent National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal. The Prime Minister Imran Khan held a meeting with legal minds to deliberate various options on the appointment of a new anti-graft body chief or extending the tenure of the incumbent one. The attorney general for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[1497,684,1496,708,1499,525,1498,177,209,246],"class_list":["post-3025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-chief-justice-of-pakistan-cjp","tag-federal-government","tag-justice-retd-javed-iqbal","tag-national-accountability-bureau","tag-pml-n-rejects-pm-imran-khan-pandora-papers-investigation-cell","tag-prime-minister-imran-khan","tag-supreme-judicial-council","tag-nab","tag-pml-n","tag-ppp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}