NAB Multan recovers 4316 plots in different scams
MULTAN, (MILLAT ONLINE)::Director General National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) Multan Atiqur Rehman said that NAB recovered 4316 plots in
different property scams and handed over to affectees during its
two and half year working in the region.
“NAB is striving hard to eliminate menace of corruption from
society. The conviction rate of Multan’s NAB cases remained 76
per cent, which is proof of its performance. About Rs 2262
millions were recovered from different scams and handed back to
affectees or deposited in government exchequer”. DG NAB Atiqur
Rehman expressed these views in a seminar held in connection with
International Anti Corruption Day, here on Saturday.
He informed that NAB recovered Rs 1.22 billion in one scam,
which affected nearly 200,000 people. Similarly, Rs 370 million
was recovered from a government official in another scam. “NAB Multan
also recovered 3000 plots in one housing society scam and returned
these to real heirs”, Atiqur Rehman maintained.
During its inception from 2015, Multan NAB office took
action on 188 cases. About complaints, the DG NAB informed that
they responded to 5800 complaints during the period.
He added that NAB also constituted different committees
including Public Procurement Authority to review process of
purchase in government departments. “We are also studying matter
pertaining to illegal occupation on state-land, and irrigation
canals”.
NAB introduced 7000 character building societies in Multan,
Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan divisions, where in it enjoys
40,000 membership. DG NAB hoped that these character building
societies would surely play important role in abolishing menace
of corruption. He urged citizens to resist against corruption.
Masses cooperation is vital importance for elimination of
the menace.
Director NAB Multan Abdul Hafeez Khan also spoke and
informed that discretionary powers in departments were also
causing corruption. There is more corruption, where the heads of
departments enjoy more discretionary powers. NAB is also working
to ensure merit policy in departments. NAB will give
recommendations for minimizing discretionary powers as it is
studying different departments in this regard.
On this occasion, students, civil society workers and
officials from different departments also joined walk which
started from Tea House and ended at Multan Arts Council.
The participants were carrying banners and placards inscribed
with slogans and awareness raising messages against corruption.