NAB Chairman Lt. Gen. (retd) Nazir Ahmad Butt summons crucial meeting in the aftermath of SC verdict

ISLAMABAD, Sep 16 (SABAH): Following the Supreme Court’s decision on the NAB amendments case, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt. Gen. (retd) Nazir Ahmad Butt has called a crucial meeting of the bureau administration.

The meeting, to be held at the NAB Headquarters tomorrow (Monday), will be chaired by the NAB head.

NAB has appointed Additional Prosecutor General Akbar Tarar as the acting prosecutor general till the regular incumbent fills the vacancy which was created after the resignation of Prosecutor General Justice (rets) Syed Asghar Haider.

The resignation of NAB Prosecutor General Haider was accepted this past September 14.

A three-member bench of the apex court, led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday approved the petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Imran Khan against the NAB amendments passed during the PDM regime. The top court nullified nine out of 10 clauses of the NAB amendments.