ISLAMABAD: Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chaired a meeting to review monthly performance of NAB at NAB Headquarters.
During the meeting, it was informed that Operations and Prosecution Divisions of NAB are working closely in order to further improve the performance of all Regional Bureaus of NAB in conduct of complaint verifications, inquires, investigations and also vigorous prosecution of cases on the basis of solid evidence in the respected courts as per law.
It was informed that on the directions of the Chairman NAB, the Prosecution Division has been revamped by inducting experienced legal consultants/special prosecutors.
A mechanism of witness handling cells have been introduced in all the regional bureaus and the results of this intervention are very encouraging. Due to constant deliberations, monitoring and performance analysis of the Prosecution Division, the overall conviction ratio is approximately 68.8 percent in the respected Accountability Courts which is one of the best conviction ratios. The Chairman NAB said that is committed to the logical disposal of mega corruption white collar crime cases which is a challenging task but NAB is determined to bring the corrupt to justice. He said that NAB has also introduced a Combine Investigation Team (CIT) system in order to benefit from the experience and collective wisdom of senior supervisory officers.
This system is lending quality to the work. NAB has devised and implemented an effective Monitoring and Evaluation System (MES) in NAB Headquarters and all Regional Bureaus in order to review their performance in qualitative and quantitative terms which has proved very successful in enhancing the performance of all Divisions of NAB including Regional Bureaus.
He said that NAB is absolutely committed to work transparently, fairly, professionally as Pakistan is considered as a role model for SAARC countries in eradication of Corruption due to NAB’s efforts and Pakistan’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) according to Transparency International Pakistan Report.
Pakistan is the first Chairman of SAARC Anti Corruption Forum which is a great achievement for Pakistan due to NAB efforts. He said that NAB has recovered billions of rupees from illegal housing societies/cooperative societies as per law and returned life earned looted money to affectees who thanked Chairman NAB in this regard.
