ISLAMABAD:-January 02, 2022: Justice (R) Javed Iqbal chairman National Accountability Bureau (NA has said that out of 179 mega corruption cases, 66 cases have been brought to a logical conclusion as per law.
“NAB has not only apprehended ‘untouchables’ for the first time in its history but was pursuing the cases against the corrupt elements in the courts on the basis of solid evidence and during the current tenure of NAB administration, between October 2017 and November 30, 2021, 1194 accused were convicted by the accountability courts”, he said.
NAB is determined to bring logical conclusion of mega corruption cases like money laundering, fake account, assets beyond known sources of income, cheating public at large, housing societies and Modaraba cases by utilising all its resources as per law.
Only 94 mega-corruption cases were under trial in the accountability courts
He said that corruption is the biggest obstacle in development and prosperity of the country.
NAB is focal organisation of Pakistan under United National Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). NAB is pursuing the policies of ‘accountability for all’ aiming to make Pakistan corruption free. NAB is the role model for SAARC anti corruption forum.
NAB has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to oversee China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects being completed in Pakistan.
NAB has introduced a Combine Investigation Team (CIT) system to benefit collective wisdom of supervisory officers so that the corrupt elements could not go scot free.
NAB has established a forensic laboratory having facilities ofdigitsl forensic,question documents and finger prints’ analysis. The performance of NAB has improved with those measures.NAB has devised a comprehensive Quantified Grading System to improve performance.
Soon after assuming the office, Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal had fixed a period of 10 months to conclude a case.According to timeframe, complaint verification are completed in two months time, inquiry and investigations in four months each.
NAB has also set -up Witness Handling Cells (WHC) in all regional bureaus. As a result of this move, NAB was pursuing its cases in the courts on the basis of solid documentary evidence.The overall conviction rate in NAB cases is 66 percent.
According to an official handout issued here on Sunday by NAB media director, Nawazish Ali Asim, chairman directed all NAB officers to redouble their efforts to make Pakistan corruption free.
He directed all the officers of NAB to consider the eradication of corruption as their national duty and perform it with determination, merit, hard work and transparency.
Credible national and international organizations like Transparency International, PILDAT, World Economic Forum, Mashaal Pakistan, etc have expressed full confidence in NAB’s initiatives.
According to the results of a survey conducted by Gallup & Gilani Pakistan, 59 percent Pakistanis expressed their satisfaction over the NAB’s performance.
