Justice (retired) Maqbool Baqar is on top of the candidates’ list that the government is considering for the position of the next National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, reports Geo News.

According to the news report, Baqar’s name came up during the meeting between Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

Justice Baqar had been promoted from the Sindh High Court to the Supreme Court and retired as a judge of the SC on Monday, April 4, 2022.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry commenting on Baqar said, “Justice (r) Maqbool Baqir is a reasonable man, hopefully, he will not be a part of this process.”