ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Acting Chairman Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, who is President of the Prevention Committee, Thursday chaired a meeting to discuss more measures to curb corruption.
The meeting was also attended by NAB (A&P) Director General Vice President along with representatives from ICT, Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Cooperative Department, Rawalpindi. The representative of Cooperative Department, Rawalpindi, ICT and CDA gave presentation on steps taken for addressing concerns of public regarding matters related to cooperative and housing societies etc.
Weaknesses in the system were also identified and input/suggestions were shared by all members to revamp existing procedures and rules in order to ease public problems at their doorsteps.
The meeting was informed that to facilitate public, One Window Operation facility was established by ICT Administration with main objective to reduce and streamline public interaction with public office holders and reduce opportunities of bribe and alleged corruption.
It was decided that since One Window Operation facility was established by ICT Administration in January 2015 which may be visited by DG (A&P) NAB to get first hand information on performance of the facility which was established by ICT Administration in January 2015 and suggest measure to further improve its performance if there is any deficiency.
Acting Chairman NAB desired a detailed presentation from CDA, ICT and Cooperative Department, Rawalpindi in next meeting regarding implementation status of various judgments passed by Supreme Court, Islamabad High Court and other respective Courts regarding Cooperative Societies and Housing Societies comes under the jurisdiction of ICT, CDA and Rawalpindi.
It is pertinent to mention here that NAB under section 33C of NAO has mandate to carry out state functions for reformation and elimination of corruption and corrupt practices from the government departments.
After finalization of recommendations by all stakeholders, NAB will forward them to concerned Ministry for implementation as per law.
