NAB Chairman resigns: Aftab Sultan, the director of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), resigned from his position on Tuesday, purportedly because he would not “toe the line.”
On July 21, 2022, he was given a three-year appointment as the chief of the anti-graft department.
The NAB chairman met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who accepted his resignation, according to the sources.
Sultan claimed to have left his position a few days prior. Aftab Sultan stated, “I was requested to perform certain things that were not acceptable to me.”
“I informed them that I could not continue under the circumstances. My resignation has been accepted, and it concludes successfully, “said he. “The Prime Minister offered his best wishes for me, and I do the same for him.”
According to the sources, Sultan had refused to detain lawmakers when someone ordered it.
They added, “He was pressured by the government and some other institutions in the last four months to file charges and arrest persons of their choosing.
To prevent abuse of power by the officials, Sultan, according to the source, also took away the director-generals’ (DGs) ability to make arrests.
After Judge (ret) Javed Iqbal’s term as president ended last year, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) administration appointed him to fill the void.
It should be noted that Aftab Sultan had held the position of Punjab Police Inspector General before being named Director General of the Intelligence Bureau. He was also in this position in 2014 when the PTI launched its sit-in protest in Islamabad.
Alleged Irregularities in Saarc Conference Automobile Purchase and Yusuf Raza Gilani’s Dual Role
Before, while Yusuf Raza Gilani was the prime minister, he also held the position of director-general of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).
Together with former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, he was named in a NAB referral that was granted against him for allegedly irregularities in the purchase of automobiles made in the name of the Saarc conference.
The reference was not submitted by the NAB. Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, a former foreign secretary, was also a co-accused, and the two of them were accused of creating a loss to the national exchequer of Rs1.95 billion.
