The key post has been lying vacant since Novemb­er 2017ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has taken notice of delay in the appointment of new prosecutor general (PG) of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The development came amid a deadlock between the government and the NAB chairman on the appointment of prosecutor general of the accountability watchdog. Govt, NAB consult on new prosecutor generalThe post has been vacant since November when the three-year tenure of Waqas Qadeer Dar had ended. Under the law, the federal government must make the appointment after consulting the NAB chairman. Last month, NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal sent a list of five lawyers to the government to pick from.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2018 04:30 UTC