IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) 
 
 
PRESENT: 
MR. JUSTICE TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI 
MR. JUSTICE ANWAR ZAHEER JAMALI 
MR. JUSTICE ASIF SAEED KHAN KHOSA 
MR. JUSTICE AMIR HANI MUSLIM 
MR. JUSTICE MUHAMMAD ATHER SAEED 
 
CONSTITUTION PETITION NO. 73 OF 2011 
(Constitution petition under Article 184 of the 
Constitution against the appointment of incumbent 
chairman NAB) 
 
Ch. Nisar Ali Khan  
 
 
 
 
… Petitioner 
VERSUS 
Federation of Pakistan etc  
 
 
 
… Respondents 
 
For the Petitioner: 
Mr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Sr. ASC 
 
Mr. Arshad Ali Chaudhry, AOR 
 
Assisted by Barrister Sharjeel Adnan Sh, 
Advocate and Syed Faraz Raza, Advocate 
 
For Respondent No. 3: 
Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa, Sr. ASC 
 
Ch. Akhtar Ali, AOR 
 
On Court Notice: 
Mr. Irfan Qadir, Attorney General for Pakistan  
 
Barrister Sheryar Riaz, Advocate.  
 
Date of Hearing: 
 
28.05.2013 
 
ORDER 
 
 
 
TASSADUQ HUSSAIN JILLANI, J.- For the reasons to be 
recorded later in the detailed judgment, we hold and declare that 
consultation in the appointment of Chairman NAB was not made in 
accordance with Section 6 of the National Accountability Bureau 
Ordinance, 1999 and the law declared by this Court. Consequently, this 
Constitution petition is allowed, the impugned appointment of 
respondent No. 3 is declared to be without lawful authority and is set 
aside with immediate effect. The Federal Government is directed to make 
fresh appointment without further loss of time.  
 
 
 
JUDGE 
JUDGE 
 
JUDGE 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
 
JUDGE 
  
Islamabad, the 
28th of May, 2013 
Riaz  
