Ex-DG NAB Musaddiq Abbasi replaces Shahzad Akbar as accountability adviser

In accordance with a notification issued on this regard, Abbasi will exchange former adviser Mirza Shahzad Akbar who resigned from the put up on January 24.

“I’ve tendered my resignation at this time to PM as Adviser. I sincerely hope the method of accountability continues beneath [the] management of PM IK as per PTI’s manifesto. I’ll stay related to the celebration [and] preserve contributing as a member of the authorized fraternity,” Akbar wrote on Twitter.

A former deputy prosecutor for the NAB, Akbar was appointed because the particular assistant to the prime minister on accountability in August 2018.

Later, in December 2019, he was additionally given an extra portfolio of adviser to the prime minister on inside affairs.

In July 2020, the barrister was promoted because the adviser to the prime minister on accountability and inside with the standing of a federal minister.

Earlier within the day, the President of Pakistan Arif Alvi additionally accepted the resignation of the previous SAPM. The cupboard division issued a notification on this regard after the president’s approval.