ISLAMABAD – The deputy chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been appointed as the chairman of the high-powered Inquiry Commission set up to probe loans taken during past ten years, according to a notification issued on Friday.
Hussain Asghar retired from the post of DG Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) after attaining superannuation on February 23, 2019. He was appointed NAB deputy chairman on April 20, 2019.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had announced setting up of a high-powered commission to probe the unprecedented borrowing of Rs 24,000 billion over a period of ten years and to set an example for those who looted this country in a TV address after the announcement of the national budget on June 11.
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The federal government has constituted the 12-member Commission of Inquiry under Pakistan Commission of Inquiry Act 2017, comprising of senior officers from Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Military Intelligence (MI), Intelligence Bureau (IB), Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Auditor General’s Office, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and others.
