ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: Recruitment criteria for National Accountability Bureau (NAB) have been challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday.

The petitioner, Syed Tahir Abbas, through his counsel GM Chaudhry alleged that NAB's advertisements for new recruitment were discriminatory for the law graduates.

He contended that the merit given in the said advertisements was against the rules of Higher Education Commission (HEC). In his petition, the petitioner claimed that on the one hand NAB declared the B.E/B.Sc (Civil Mechanical/Electrical/Petroleum) equivalent to Master Degrees for application purposes while on the other hand, in negation of HEC decision, NAB did not accept LLB equivalent to Masters degree.

The petition said the bureau accepted the LL.M degree for those post where it needs masters degree adding that LLM is equivalent to MPhil.

The petition cited NAB Chairman and Secretary Ministry of Law as respondents.