New Nab Chairman: Firdous defends appointment

Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said that Chairman of NAB has been appointed in accordance with the rules and the constitution.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday that Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been appointed in accordance with the rules and the constitution. Addressing the media outside the Parliament House, she said that President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister had appointed the NAB chairman following the defined rules and procedures in the constitution. The opposition was trying to delay delivery of relief and provision of justice to the masses by deciding to move the courts against the appointment of NAB chairman, she added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 18^th, 2011.