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This development comes a day after both the Senate and National Assembly passed the NAB Amendment Bill, which now allows for the extension of the NAB chairman\u2019s term. Previously, the law did not permit such an extension. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Nazir Ahmed was first appointed as NAB chairman on March 4, 2023, following the resignation of his predecessor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) \u2013 The federal government has approved a three-year extension for the tenure of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lt. Gen. (Retired) Nazir Ahmad. The extension was granted under the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999, and the Ministry of Law and Justice has issued the official notification. 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