Aftab Sultan (born 1950 in the Arain family) is the former chairman of Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau. He succeeded Javed Iqbal on 21 July 2022.[1]
Aftab Sultan | |
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آفتاب سلطان | |
Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau | |
In office 21 July 2022 – 21 February 2023 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Javed Iqbal |
Succeeded by | Nazir Ahmed Butt |
Director-general of the Intelligence Bureau | |
In office June 2013 – April 2018 | |
Preceded by | Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani |
Succeeded by | Dr. Suleman Khan |
Inspector-general of police of Punjab Police | |
In office 1 April 2013 – 25 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | Haji Mohammad Habib ur Rehman |
Succeeded by | Khan Baig |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan |
Sultan is a law graduate from Punjab University Law College and has a postgraduate and master's degree from the University of Cambridge and the University of Edinburgh respectively.[2] He joined the Police Service of Pakistan as an assistant superintendent of police in 1977 and was promoted to the office of superintendent of police in 1983. He was also Inspector-general of police of the Punjab Police from April 2013 to May 2013. [3]
In 2010, during his tenure at the Intelligence Bureau (IB), he spearheaded a 5,000-page-long report on a case involving a multi-billion rupee Bank of Punjab loan scam.[2][4] He became director-general of IB in June 2013 and held the post until April 2018.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ "Former DG Intelligence Bureau Aftab Sultan appointed NAB chairman". Geo News. 21 July 2022.
- Anis, Muhammad (22 July 2022). "Aftab Sultan appointed NAB chairman". The News International. Karachi. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- "Accountability lynchpin Aftab Sultan resigns in surprise move". Dunya News. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2024. - ^ a b c Bhatti, Haseeb (21 July 2022). "Ex-IB chief Aftab Sultan appointed NAB chairman". Dawn. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "Civil intelligence body: Aftab Sultan made DG Intelligence Bureau". The Express Tribune. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Aftab Sultan, who probed Pervez Elahi's corruption case, appointed NAB Chairman". The Namal. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- "Inquiry report urges action against BoP loan scam accused". Dawn. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2022. - ^ "Ex-IB chief named new accountability czar". The Express Tribune. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- "Pakistan appoints former IB chief Aftab Sultan as anti-graft body chairman". TimesNow. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.