ISLAMABAD: The government has pleaded to Supreme Court of Pakistan to grant it more time for appointing new Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Attorney General Maulvi Anwar Ul-Haq told ARY NEWS on Wednesday that he had submitted a plea in the apex court, seeking three more weeks to appoint new NAB chairman.
Naveed Ahsan has tendered his resignation as NAB chairman on Feb 23.
Ahsan had been under tremendous pressure since the Supreme Court declared the National Reconciliation Ordinance unconstitutional. The pressure intensified when the court directed the bureau to reopen Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
It has been stated in the plea that appointment of a new NAB chairman would be made in consultation with leader of the house and leader of the opposition under NAB Ordinance. However, the consolation could not be done by the government due to flood situation in the county for last one month, the AG said.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani assured Wednesday that the new NAB chairman would be appointed after consolation with the opposition.
A new controversy has erupted over nomination for the post of NAB chief by the government.
On Tuesday, opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan rejected the names recommended by PM Gilani for the post o
f NAB chairman.
Talking to journalists in Islamabad, Khan said in his letter to Gilani he stated that both the proposed names had been controversial, and his party opposed the recommendations altogether.
Attorney General Maulvi Anwar Ul-Haq told ARY NEWS on Wednesday that he had submitted a plea in the apex court, seeking three more weeks to appoint new NAB chairman.
Naveed Ahsan has tendered his resignation as NAB chairman on Feb 23.
Ahsan had been under tremendous pressure since the Supreme Court declared the National Reconciliation Ordinance unconstitutional. The pressure intensified when the court directed the bureau to reopen Swiss cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
It has been stated in the plea that appointment of a new NAB chairman would be made in consultation with leader of the house and leader of the opposition under NAB Ordinance. However, the consolation could not be done by the government due to flood situation in the county for last one month, the AG said.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani assured Wednesday that the new NAB chairman would be appointed after consolation with the opposition.
A new controversy has erupted over nomination for the post of NAB chief by the government.
On Tuesday, opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan rejected the names recommended by PM Gilani for the post o
f NAB chairman.Talking to journalists in Islamabad, Khan said in his letter to Gilani he stated that both the proposed names had been controversial, and his party opposed the recommendations altogether.
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