Islamabad, October 29, 2019 (PPI-OT): A meeting of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was chaired by Honourable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal to review the overall performance of NAB especially operation, prosecution, training and research, awareness and prevention division. The meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman NAB, Prosecutor General Accountability and Director General Operations and Senior officers of NAB.
Speaking on the occasion, Honourable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB said that NAB’s top most priority is to eradicate the menace of corruption from the country and drag the corrupt persons in the dock, so that the looted amount could be recovered and deposited into national exchequer.
He said that all resources are being utilized to bring the mega corruption cases to logical conclusion. NAB has recovered Rs 71 billion in the last 23 months, besides filing 600 corruption in the respected Accountability Courts. NAB has fixed a time frame of 10 months from complaint verification for filing of a reference after completing all requirements of inquiry or investigations, etc.
NAB has adopted ‘Accountability for All Policy’ and its overall conviction ratio is 70 percent. The prestigious national and international institutions have also lauded the performance of NAB. NAB has arrested 44 suspects on involvement in Mudarba and Musharka scams. NAB has also returned billion of rupee of affectees after recovering from housing societies. NAB officers always believe in protecting the self-esteem of every persons and NAB officers consider eradication of corruption as their national responsibility.
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