ISLAMABAD: (Parliament Times) Chairman NAB Justice (R) Javed Iqbal on Monday said that NAB was committed to its agenda of making Pakistan a corruption free state.
While chairing a meeting at NAB headquarters, he said that eliminating corruption, recovering looted money from corrupt and bring them to justice as per law was the top priority of the anti-graft organization. “NAB strongly believes in accountability for all”, he said adding that the NAB has geared up to come up to the expectations of the nation and perfected its procedures by adopting proactive Anti-Corruption Strategy by adopting zero tolerance policy against corruption across the board.
NAB chairman said that under Zero Tolerance Policy, he has directed all NAB’s Regional Bureaus and NAB Headquarters to nab culprit, proclaimed offenders and absconders and bring them to justice as per law.
He said that NAB is the only Anti-Corruption Organization who has prescribed ten (10) months period completing inquiry to investigation and investigation to filing of corruption reference in the respective Accountability Court. He said that NAB has also established Combined Investigation Team (CIT) which had not only helped improving work standards of inquiry and investigations but also makes sure that nobody could influence. He said that NAB has established state of the art forensic laboratory in Islamabad which is helping in strengthening evidence as well as investigations. The major purpose of NAB’s Forensic Science LAB is to meet present day needs which also help enduring secrecy and saving time. Chairman NAB said that early return of hard earned looted money of people was top most priority of NAB. “NAB is committed to return looted money of people from illegal Housing/Cooperative Housing Societies and Mudarba/Musharka scams etc. He said that CDA, RDA, ICT, LDA, PDA, QDA and KDA officers/officials must ensure completion of all formalities in approval of lay out plan and issuance of NOC to Housing Societies/Cooperative Housing Societies as per law”, he said.
