Appoint NAB boss or face consequences, SC tells govt

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to appoint National Accountability Bureau Chairman soon or it should be ready to face consequences in the light of a court order.

The orders came during the hearing of a case pertaining to appointment of NAB chief. Attorney General Munir A Malik requested the court to grant more time as leader of the opposition was out of the country.

The CJ said that it was not the court's headache whether the prime minister or the opposition leader were in or outside the country.

He said that the government should submit in the court that the decision was not being implemented.

The court observed that the NAB was meant to eliminate corruption but the anti-corruption body had been working without its boss for the last three months.

The CJ said that had the government been serious in appointing the NAB chief, several suspects would have been in jail.