Staff Reporter
Islamabad
A high level meeting of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was presided by Justice Javed Iqbal Chairman NAB and attended by deputy chairman NAB, Prosecutor General, Accountability, director general, (operations) and other senior officials at NAB Headquarters. The meeting reviewed overall performance of NAB. NAB chairman said that NAB is committed to nab corrupt elements, eradication of corruption, recovery of looted money of citizens in order to take mega corruption cases of money laundering, misuse of authority and cheating public at large to logical conclusion on priority basis as per law.
He said NAB has no affiliation with any political party, group or individual but with the state of Pakistan. The anti corruption strategy of NAB has started yielding positive results. Over 59 percent people reposed confidence over NAB policies according to Gilani and Gallop survey. NAB is the focal institution according to anti-corruption convention of United Nations (UNCAC). NAB is role model according to anti corruption institute of Saarc countries as NAB is chairman of SAARC Anti Corruption Forum.
This is honour for Pakistan due to NAB efforts. Chairman NAB said that NAB has prescribed at its own 10 months time for concluding the complaint verification, inquiries and investigations cases so that corrupt should be brought to justice as per law. He said that a new concept of Combined Investigation team has been introduced in NAB comprising of director general, additional director/Case officer, two investigation officers, legal consultant, financial expert and forensic expert in order to benefit from collective wisdom.
