ISLAMABAD: (Parliament Times) Chairman NAB, Honorable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal directed all the Regional Bureaus of NAB to file applications in respective Accountability Courts for early hearing of references under trial in respected Accountability Courts, so that to recover Rs 900 billion from corrupt and bring them to justice as per law. Taking notice of 499 inquiries and 287 investigations being conducted in all the Regional Bureaus of NAB,
Chairing NAB chairing a meeting at NAB Headquarters said that 499 inquiries and 287 investigations are under process in Regional Bureaus of NAB and have not completed in prescribed timeframe of 10 months as per SOP/law.
The Chairman NAB directed all Regional Bureaus of NAB to let him know about the delay if any under process inquiries and investigation. The meeting was convened to review the performance of all Regional Bureaus of NAB. The Chairman NAB asked that why references had not been filed in respective Accountability Court after completion of investigations. As many as 1,138 references were under trial in respective Accountability Courts. The under trial references including 347 of NAB Lahore, 275 references of NAB Karachi, 185 references of NAB KP, 97 references of NAB Baluchistan,
171 references of NAB Rawalpindi, 34 references of NAB Multan and 29 references of NAB Sukkur are under trial in respective Accountability Courts throughout the country.
