NAB believes in accountability for all, says chairman

ISLAMABAD: NAB was established to eradicate corruption from the country and to recover looted money from corrupt and deposit it in the national exchequer as corruption is a curse which is also the root cause of all ills being faced by Pakistan today and is major hurdle in road to progress.

NAB is determined to make Pakistan corruption-free with firm resolve involving all segments of society including civil society and media etc as NAB strongly believes in accountability for all. This was stated by NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal Sunday.

He said NAB has geared up to come up to the expectations of the nation and tried to perfect its procedures by devising a proactive anti-corruption strategy to transform NAB into a vibrant organisation by adopting zero tolerance policy against corruption. He said under zero tolerance policy, he has directed all NAB’s regional bureaus and NAB Headquarters to nab culprits, proclaimed offenders and absconders and bring them to justice.

He said he ordered chairman Inspection and Monitoring Team to start annual grading of NAB Headquarters and all regional bureaus for evaluating their performance in qualitative and quantitative terms so their performance will be judged under the annual grading system. He said NAB’s regional bureaus will not only be informed about their strengths but will also be informed about their deficiencies so that they should overcome their deficiencies.

He said NAB is the only anti-corruption organisation which has prescribed fixed 10 months period completing inquiry to investigation and investigation to filing of corruption reference in the respective accountability court. The fixation of filing reference is yielding positive results. NAB has also established Combined Investigation Team (CIT) which had not only helped improving work standards of inquiry and investigations but also makes sure that nobody could influence it.

He said NAB has established state-of-the-art forensic laboratory in Islamabad which is helping in strengthening evidence as well as investigations. The major purpose of NAB’s forensic science lab is to meet present day needs which also help enduring secrecy and saving time.