ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Chairman, Imtiaz Tajwar Friday said Pakistan was committed to further strengthening its anti-corruption strategy by involving people at large, especially students who were future of the country.
Addressing a conference of the State Parties held in Vienna, Austria, he said Pakistan gave significance to its members and was focal organization in Pakistan with Untied Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in order to check the common challenge of corruption which was root cause of all the problems, a message received here said.
He said this required partnerships on the basis of best practices of all stakeholders.
Imtiaz Tajwar said NAB had already hosted first ever seminar of anti-corruption agencies of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to establish “SAARC anti-corruption forum” with focus on regional cooperation on anti-corruption efforts and information exchange.
Recently, Pakistan had also signed and ratified status of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) regional centre for cooperation of anti-corruption agencies and Ombudsmen (RCCACO). This forum consisted of ten member states of South West Central Asia, he added.
He said Pakistan had successfully completed its country review process under the first review cycle, and was preparing now for second one in light of the lessons learned during the process.
He said the executive summary of our country review report had been published on official website of UNODC.
The deputy chairman hoped that deliberation at the conference would further enhance cooperation among the State Parties for effectively combating transnational crime of corruption.
He said the present management of NAB believed “Accountability for All” by adopting zero tolerance policy across the board which would help arrest the corrupt and recover hard earned looted money of innocent people and deposit in national exchequer.
