Fasih Bokhari

Who is Fasih Bokhari?

Admiral Fasih Bokhari, is a now-retired four-star admiral and current chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, an anti-corruption bureau of Government of Pakistan.

Before appointed chairman of NAB, Bokhari was the fourteenth Chief of Naval Staff, serving from 1997 until voluntarily resigning from the Navy under protest. His resignation came to public limelight after Prime minister Navaz Sharif approved the controversial appointment of the chief of army staff General Pervez Musharraf who was much junior military officer to Admiral Bokhari, to the prestigious four-star assignment, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. On October 10, 2011, Bokhari was nominated as the Chairman of National Accountability Bureau by President Asif Ali Zardari, and secured the appointment by Prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani the same year.