PM recommends Asghar Haider as Prosecutor NAB; AGP

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (APP):Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali on Wednesday apprised the three-member bench of the apex court that the prime minister had recommended the name of former Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Syed Asghar Haider as new prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He said that the law ministry had submitted a summary to the president in this regard on Tuesday and a notification will …

ISLAMABAD, Jan 24 (APP):Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf Ali on Wednesday apprised the three-member bench of the apex court that the prime minister had recommended the name of former Lahore High Court (LHC) judge Syed Asghar Haider as new prosecutor general of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
He said that the law ministry had submitted a summary to the president in this regard on Tuesday and a notification will be issued soon.
On assurance of the attorney general the three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar disposed of the suo moto notice case regarding non-functioning of tribunals and special courts.

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