Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal

Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal: Javed Iqbal was born on 1 August 1946 in Quetta.  After graduating from the Sandman High School (SHC) in Quetta, he moved to Lahore, Punjab Province to study law. In 1971, he moved to his native city, Quetta, where he became Public prosecutor and government pleader at the Balochistan High Court. In 1973, he joined the law branch of the Government of Balochistan Province which he retained until 1977. Iqbal later acted as the Deputy Secretary at the Law Department in 1981 and later served as the Officiating Secretary Law till 1982

A jurist and professor of law by profession, he served as the Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2004 until his retirement in 2011. Prior to the appointment at the Supreme Court, Justice Iqbal shortly tenured as the Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court which lasted only a month.

During his career as jurist, he has heard and led high-profile cases, including the case of suspension of fellow chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and the trial of missing persons in 2012. His credential led to the government appointing him as a chairman of the Abbottabad Commission to find out the preludes and causes of the unilateral raid conducted by the United States in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhyunkhwa Province of Pakistan in 2011. After carefully studying the case, Justice Iqbal authored the papers over this issue which was submitted to the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2013.

He is the Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of Pakistan, in office since 8 October 2017. He is also a retired Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a philosopher. Currently he is serving his duties as Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal has opened inquiries on high profile cases of corruption against citizen of Pakistan including politician and other powerful personalities on the country.