Aftab Sultan

Aftab Sultan
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 74–75) Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan

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]

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

1. "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.
2. Bhatti, Haseeb (21 July 2022). "Ex-IB chief Aftab Sultan appointed NAB chairman". Dawn. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. "Civil intelligence body: Aftab Sultan made DG Intelligence Bureau". The Express Tribune. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
4. "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.
5. "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.