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Govt appoints Waqar Ahmed Chohan as new DG NAB

The new appointment comes a few hours after Imran Khan was granted bail in the Al-Qadir trust case by the Islamabad High Court

The federal government on Friday appointed Waqar Ahmed Chohan as the new director general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

As reported, Chohan is a grade 20 officer of the police service who was serving in the Federal Investigation Agency.

The notification confirming the appointment has already been issued a few hours after Imran Khan was granted bail in the Al-Qadir trust case by the Islamabad High Court, in which he had been arrested on Tuesday.

A notification issued by Cabinet Secretariat Establishment Division stated, ” Waqar Ahmed Chohan, a BS-20 Officer of Police Service of Pakistan, presently serving in Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), under Interior Division, is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for further posting as Director General (B5-21), under Section 10 of the Civil Servants Act, 1973, with immediate effect and until further orders.”

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