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ISLAMABAD, June 21 (APP): National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
is committed to eradicate corruption and it is very pride to
consider Pakistan as role model for SAARC Countries in eradication
of Corruption.
“Due to NAB efforts, Pakistan is the only country who’s
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) according to Transparency
International Report has been decreased from 175 to 116 during the
last three years,” said Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry while
chairing a meeting which reviewed performance of NAB in eradication of
corruption.
He said Pakistan has become first Chairman of SAARC
Anti-Corruption Forum which is great achievement for Pakistan as
well as NAB.
He said NAB since its inception has received about 3, 43,356
complaints from individuals and private/public organizations.
During the period, NAB authorized 11, 581 complaint
verification, 7587 inquiries, 3846 investigations, filed 2808
corruption references in respective accountability courts and
overall conviction ratio is about 76 percent.
Since NAB’s inception, one of NAB’s major achievements has
been the recovery of around Rs. 287.763/- billion of ill-gotten
money which was deposited in the national exchequer which is a
remarkable achievement of NAB.
The figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations are
almost double as compared to the same period of 2014 to 2017 during
the tenure of the present management of NAB.
The comparative figures of previous years are indicative of
the hard work being put in by all ranks of NAB staff under the
leadership of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman NAB in an
atmosphere of renewed energy and dynamism, where fight against
corruption is being taken as a national duty.
Increase in the number of complaints also reflect s enhanced
public trusted in the NAB.
He said NAB has devised a comprehensive Partly Quantified
Grading System to review and further improve the performance of
officers/officials of NAB.
Under this grading system, NAB Regional Bureau’s are being
evaluated for the last three years on annual basis at a given
criteria which has proved very successful and the performance of
NAB’s Regional Bureaus is increasing day by day due to regular
monitoring and inspection.
He said NAB is one of investigation agency of the world who
has been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious
disposal of all cases including white collar crime cases a maximum
limit of 10 months- from complaint verification-to-inquiry-to-
investigation and finally to a reference in the Accountability
Court.
The Chairman informed that NAB has organized SAARC Seminar in
Islamabad in which SAARC member countries including India have
appreciated the Anti-Corruption Strategy adopted by the Bureau in
curbing corruption.
Pakistan is role model for SAARC countries due to its
proactive and effective Awareness, Prevention and Enforcement
Anti-Corruption Strategy and the measures taken by the present
management of NAB during the last three years.
Due to the reason, NAB has been selected first Chairman of
SAARC countries Anti-Corruption Forum which is great achievement for
Pakistan as well as NAB.
Later, Imtiaz Tajwar, Deputy Chairman while addressing the new
recruits of NAB which are getting training at Police Training
College Sihala said that NAB on the directions of Chairman NAB,
Qamar Zaman Chaudhry adopted a proactive anti-corruption strategy by
adopting zero Tolerance Policy which has proved very successful and
yielding positive results.