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Retired justice Javed Iqbal appointed Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau of Pakistan
Justice (R) Javed Iqbal to head NAB
The Ministry of Law and Justice on Sunday, 8th Oct 2017, notified the appointment of Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal as Chairman NAB after the government and the opposition reached an agreement
Dr Shaukat Javed
on his appointment. Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal is Brother of Prominent Australian Pakistan personality Dr Shaukat Javed of Oxford Medical Spot Riverstone Sydney Australia. The Editorial Board of Sada-e-Watan Sydney would like to Congratulates Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, Dr Shaukat Javed and family for challenging important Role in the Constitution of Pakistan.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Syed Khursheed Shah held
four rounds of consultations in which both gave three names each. The prime
minister suggested the names of Justice (retd) Rehmat Jaffery, Justice (retd)
Ejaz Chaudhry and DG IB Aftab Sultan, while Khursheed proposed the names of
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, Justice (retd) Faqeer Muhammad Khokhar and
ex-secretary Election Commission of Pakistan Ishtiaq Ahmed.
During
meetings with the prime minister, Khursheed Shah had also given the names
proposed by the PTI and MQM-P.The PTI had proposed the names of Justice (retd)
Falak Sher, Shoaib Suddle and Arbab Shahzeb, while the MQM-P proposed the names
of ex-secretary ECP Kanwar Dilshad, Justice (retd) Ghous Muhammad and Justice
(retd) Mehmood Alam.
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has served as the
senior-most judge of the Supreme Court from where he retired on May 31, 2011.He
was also appointed as the acting Chief Justice of Supreme Court on March 9,
2007.He had also headed an inquiry panel in 2011 to probe the killing of
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US raid in Abbottabad.
Born in Quetta, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal was appointed as the
public prosecutor in 1971.He also served as deputy secretary and acting
secretary Law Ministry in 1981.He started his judicial carrier in 1982 as
sessions judge, served as Registrar High Court in 1990 and the same year he was
appointed as a High Court judge.He took oath under the PCO in 1999 and was
appointed as the Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court on February 4, 2000.
On April 28, 2000 he took oath as a judge of the Supreme Court and when the
then chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was removed by General (retd)
Pervez Musharraf in March 2007, he served as the acting chief justice.He was
one of the judges who refused to take oath after the proclamation of emergency
during the dictatorial rule of General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in November
2007.
Meanwhile, in an informal chat with The News on Sunday evening of
8th Oct 2017, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said though he had no desire for the
office, he will spare no effort to live up to the expectations of the nation
since trust had been reposed in him for a significant task.
Justice
Javed said he would try to ensure supremacy of justice in the process of
accountability as justice was key to success of any system.The designated NAB
chief said he would assume the office this week, as no oath-taking was involved
in resuming the assignment. He said he needed the prayers of the whole nation
to fulfil his duties.
Justice Javaid Iqbal who’s vast judicial
experience under his belt said he understood the intricacies of the new
assignment and will elevate the prestige of the office. He have courtesy
meeting with his predecessor Qamar Zaman Chaudhry and sources said An extensive
briefing from the senior officials of the NAB would be arranged for him this
week about their working at the new headquarters of the National Accountability
bureau.
New Chairman NAB Retired Justice Javed Iqbal
