Politicians are least corrupt when compared with bureaucrats and businessmen in the country, the National Accountability Bureau told the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday.
The NAB data pertaining to the recoveries made through voluntary return and plea bargain submitted to PAC revealed that the recoveries made from politicians were the lowest among bureaucrats, businessmen and others.
The data states that the amount recovered by the anti-graft watchdog amounted to a total of Rs54.63 billion, out of which only Rs0.47 billion belonged to politicians. The bureau recovered Rs8.17 billion from bureaucrats, Rs24.31 billion from businessmen and Rs21.68 billion from others.
The total amount includes Rs19.12 billion recovered through voluntary return and Rs35.51 billion via plea bargain.
