KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, during a briefing at the Karachi office, said that NAB Karachi has disposed of 3,589 complaints during the year 2014, which were the highest number of complaints disposed in its history.
He was in Karachi for the annual inspection conducted by the NAB Chairman’s Inspection & Monitoring Team (CI&MT) for the year 2014.
The CI&MT informed the chairman that in 2014, NAB Karachi disposed of 327 complaints verifications, completed 71 of the total 347 authorised inquiries and finished 33 of the 101 authorised investigations.
NAB Karachi has recovered a total Rs1.432 billion through voluntary return, plea bargain and indirect recoveries and arrested 70 accused persons during 2014. NAB Karachi has recovered Rs12.5 billion since its inception.
The Chairman NAB appreciated the performance of NAB Regional Bureau, Karachi and directed all ranks of officers of NAB Karachi to work more vigilantly and diligently in order to curb corruption and corrupt practices from the country.
The CI&MT was deputed to conduct annual inspection of NAB Karachi Bureau from January 14 to January 16, 2015 in order to review and evaluate the performance on the basis of a quantified grading system.
