Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has contacted the Opposition leader in the National Assembly (NA) Syed Khurshid Shah via telephone on the matter of appointment of chairman NAB following the issuance of orders by the Supreme Court (SC).
According to Media Reports, PML-N senior leader and finance minister Ishaq Dar contacted opposition leader Syed Khurshid Shah by telephone as a part of consultation process on the appointment of the chairman NAB. Dar informed Khurshid that the matter of induction of chairman NAB is crucial therefore he should send two names in connection with this appointment so that the induction of chairman NAB could be materialized as soon as possible.
Finance Minister said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is looking forward to the opposition’s nominations with regard to chairman NAB.
The opposition leader while assuring the finance minister of his full cooperation on this matter said that he would send two names after consultation with party leadership on his return from London.
It may be recalled that during previous hearing of the case, the SC had ordered the government to appoint a Chairman NAB immediately.