President Arif Alvi appointed Zahir Shah the new deputy chairman of the National Accountability Bureau Tuesday, a notification revealed. Shah was serving the director-general of operations prior to the new appointment. The position of the deputy chairman had been empty since October 4 after Hussain Asghar submitted his resignation to the president. He was given the post in 2019 and resigned after completing his three-year tenure. Last week, the government promulgated the NAB Ordinance 2021. It enables the president to extend the term of NAB chairman or reappoint him. In a press conference on Wednesday, Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem explained that the law will assist NA.
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