Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved to appoint Aftab Sultan for Director General in Intelligence Bureau (IB). There were three names in short list, Rao Amin Hashim who is IGP Balochistan, Javaid Iqbal who is working as IGP Punjab and Aftab Sultan name.
Aftab Sultan was working as Additional Inspector General Police. He was investigation Bank of Punjab loan scam after getting Supreme Court’s order. Earlier, Javed Noor retires as IB chief on 2 October while Sindh IG Police (IGP) Wajid Durrani was strong candidate for chief IB.