By Asim Bussain
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Zahir Shah on Wednesday approved the transfer of 13 directors, including those who were probing senior PML-N leaders in corruption cases, sources privy to the matter said.
The names of the officers on the list include NAB Lahore Director Intelligence Muhammad Asghar, Aftab Ahmed, Khawar Ilyas, and NAB Lahore Director Administration Nadeem Shah.
NAB Director Intelligence Asghar, who arrested Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has been transferred from Lahore to Sukkur, said the sources.
Sources added that Aftab Ahmed and Khawar Ilyas, who were included in the list, were investigating Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique as well as Nisar Ahmed Cheema and former principal secretary to the prime minister Fawad Hassan.
The reshuffle was approved by the acting NAB chairman, issuing orders to transfer an officer of the bureau’s Lahore to the Karachi chapter.
Muhammad Asghar has been transferred from NAB Lahore to NAB Sukkur.
