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title: "Islamabad High Court issues notices over petition challenging NAB officials' appointments"
description: "Most outlets reported that the Islamabad High Court issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau, the Ministry of Law, and others in response to a petition challenging the appointments of NAB officials. The excerpts are largely consistent, with both outlets noting the court’s action and the respondents involved. 24 News HD provided a slightly more detailed description of the petition, mentioning Deputy Chairman NAB Ihtesham Qadir, while the Associated Press of Pakistan phrased the issue more generally."
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# Islamabad High Court issues notices over petition challenging NAB officials' appointments

pakistan · updated 22 Oct 2026, 8:29 AM PKT · 21–22 Oct 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that the Islamabad High Court issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau, the Ministry of Law, and others in response to a petition challenging the appointments of NAB officials. The excerpts are largely consistent, with both outlets noting the court’s action and the respondents involved. 24 News HD provided a slightly more detailed description of the petition, mentioning Deputy Chairman NAB Ihtesham Qadir, while the Associated Press of Pakistan phrased the issue more generally.

## Same story from 4 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dawn** — [Islamabad High Court seeks evidence against NAB officials’ appointments](https://www.dawn.com/news/2038920/islamabad-high-court-seeks-evidence-against-nab-officials-appointments) · 22 Oct 2026, 8:29 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Ministry of Law and other respondents on a petition challenging the appointments of the bureau’s Deputy Chairman Ihtesham Qadir Shah and Prosecutor General Sohail Nasir, while directing the petitioner to produce documentary evidence that the two did not meet the legal requireme...
- **The Nation** — [NAB prosecutor general, deputy chairman’s appointments challenged in IHC](https://www.nation.com.pk/22-Oct-2026/nab-prosecutor-general-deputy-chairman-s-appointments-challenged-ihc) · 22 Oct 2026, 1:20 AM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Ministry of Law and other respondents, in a petition challenging the appointments of NAB Prosecutor General Sohail Nasir and Deputy Chairman Ehtesham Qadir.
- **Associated Press of Pakistan** — [IHC issues notices in petition challenging appointments of NAB officials](https://www.app.com.pk/national/ihc-issues-notices-in-petition-challenging-appointments-of-nab-officials/) · 21 Oct 2026, 6:55 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing
  > ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (APP):The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Ministry of Law and other respondents, seeking their replies to a petition challenging the appointments of NAB Prosecutor General Sohail Nasir and Deputy Chairman Ehtesham Qadir. Justice Umair Majid Malik issued the notices while hearing a...
- **24 News HD** — [Appointments of NAB officials challenged in Islamabad High Court](https://www.24newshd.tv/21-Oct-2026/appointments-nab-officials-challenged-islamabad-high-court) · 21 Oct 2026, 12:59 PM PKT · 88% identical wording to the newest filing
  > The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), law ministry and others on the petition, challenging the appointments of Deputy Chairman NAB Ihtesham Qadir and Prosecutor General NAB Sohail Nasir, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

## Part of a bigger story

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4 articles from 4 outlets, 21–22 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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