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Dawn.com
Islamabad
A prosecutor general (PG) for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has yet to be appointed because President Mamnoon Hussain rejected the five nominees put forward by the prime minister, a three-member Supreme Court (SC) bench was told on Monday.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, has been hearing a suo motu case on non-functioning tribunals and special courts across Pakistan. On January 11, the CJP had ordered that all vacant positions for judges be filled within a week's time.
In today's hearing, however, law secretary Karamatullah Niazi submitted a file containing the president's rejection to explain the delay in implementation of the SC's order.
Expressing surprise over the development, the SC bench noted that the president is bound to take the PM's advice.
