NAB Chairman Retired Justice Javed Iqbal said on Wednesday that the bureau has expedited the efforts for eradicating corr
uption and to bring
the corrupt elements to book by vigorously pursuing Accountability for All policy.
In a statement, he sa
id that the dream of achieving
the goal of corr
uption free Pakistan could be materialized by making joint efforts to eradicate corr
uption, adding that
the corr
uption is the mother of all ills being confronted to
the country, which poses a
great hurdle in progress and prosperity of
the country.
NAB officers are performing their national duties of eradicating the menace of corr
uption from society. Justice Iqba added that the anti-corr
uption bureau enjoys the position of the role model among all Saarc countries, and added that since Pakistan and China had inked MoU for eradication of corr
uption, both countries are working jointly for bringing transparency in economic relations of both countries. Highlighting the bureau’s achievements,
the chairman added that NAB is a focal institute as per UN’s anti -corr
uption convention, and has therefore established a training academy for training its officers on modern lines to assist officers in solving mega corr
uption white collar crimes.
He said the anti-corr
uption steps of the bureau have started yielding positive results. Due to such efforts the bureau has recovered record Rs 714 billion from
the corrupt elements and deposited in the national exchequer.
NAB has achieved
the conviction ratio of 68.6 percent. NAB was utilizing all available resources to apprehend proclaimed offenders and punishing them from court of law. He added that from a total of 1,130 corr
uption cases, which are worth Rs. 943 billion, all of them are under trial in different accountability courts.
