Presid­ent Arif Alvi greenl­ights Hussai­n Asghar's appoin­tmentISLAMABAD / ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government appointed Hussain Asghar as deputy chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday. A notification issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice said President Arif Alvi gave a green signal to the appointment following consultations with NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal. The appointment, made under section 7 of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999, is viable for three years. Ashgar remained as director-general of Punjab’s Anti-Corruption Establishment unit from September 2018 to February 2019. Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune April 25, 2019 09:55 UTC