• He hoped that the government will carefully appoint the NAB chairman.
• A five-member bench headed by the chief justice is hearing the case.
• He said the NAB should not be under any pressure to bring up a case.

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Friday advised the government to appoint such a person on the post of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman who was respectable and had a good repute.

“Hopefully, the government will carefully appoint the NAB chairman,” Justice Umar Ata Bandial said adding that they had fixed their eyes on appointment of the NAB chairman.

He said this while hearing a suo moto case pertaining to the government’s interference in high-profile cases related to political personalities. A five-member bench headed by the chief justice is hearing the case.

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Attorney-General of Pakistan (AGP) Ashtar Ausaf was presenting arguments on behalf of the government in the case.

The Supreme Court said the government should maintain a good governance by making the appointment under transparency. Nobody should be provided an unnecessary benefit in NAB chairman’s appointment neither a foreign party should have an involvement in the process of appointment, the CJP remarked adding that in the past such practice had been witnessed.

He said the NAB should not be under any pressure to bring up a case and if it felt any pressure then it should write to the apex court in this regard.

The hearing has been adjourned till June 14.

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