Former DG Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan appointed NAB chairman.

ISLAMABAD -- Former director-general of Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan has been appointed National Accountability Bureau chairman, media reported Thursday, citing sources.

Sources privy to the matter said approval for Sultan's appointment was granted in today's federal cabinet meeting.

The allied parties had opposed the suggestion to appoint Sultan as the NAB chairman. However, the PML-N held consultations and finally made the decision for his appointment.

Sultan has served as the IB DG twice and has remained associated with the police department in senior posts as a grade-22 official.

The coveted post was lying vacant since last month after then-NAB chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, on June 2, relinquished charge of his office on expiry of the ordinance through which he was given an extension till the appointment of a new chairman.

The four-year-and-eight-month-long tenure of Iqbal - who was appointed as the anti-graft body's chairman in 2017 - was one of the most controversial eras of the bureau.

Constitutionally, the term for NAB's chairman is four years while...