Govt decides Javed Iqbal to stay as NAB chairman till appointment of new chief

Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal will stay on as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) till the appointment of a new chief of the anti-graft watchdog, it was decided in a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday. Addressing a press conference following a cabinet meeting, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said an ordinance was being brought on Wednesday (today) to do away with a legal lacuna with reference to consultation on the new NAB chairman’s appointment, in case the leader of the House…