LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has chaired a meeting at NAB headquarters to review the current status of multi-billion rupees modaraba scandal.
During the briefing, Rawalpindi NAB DG gave a briefing to the NAB chairman about the current status of modarba/musharika cases and recovery made so far and informed about the status of inquiry/investigations underway in NAB Rawalpindi Bureau in modaraba scam.
DG NAB Rawalpindi informed that there are total 29 cases in the modaraba scam including one inquiry and 28 references filed in the respective Accountability Courts which include Inquiry against Akbar Khan Assistant Director, Elixir Group underway at NAB Rawalpindi/Islamabad Bureau while 28 corruption references have been filed against the following accused persons in the respective Accountability Courts.
DG NAB Rawalpindi informed that NAB Rawalpindi has recovered from accused persons of Modarba/Musharka Scam of Rs. 568.819373 million He informed that a list of 71 affectees in State Vs. Mufti Ehsan Ul Haq and others (Complaints against accused Aqeel Abbasi) case and list of 33 affectees in Sate Vs. Mufti Muhammad Saqib case is under approval stage for payment to the afectees of above said two scams.
The Chairman NAB said that NAB had chalked out a comprehensive national anti-corruption strategy and adopted zero tolerance policy to curb corruption and corrupt practices from the country.
He said that NAB during the last 16 years has received about 309,000 complaints from individuals and private/public organizations. During this period NAB completed about 6,300 inquiries, out of which 56 percent of these inquiries matured into formal investigation and more than 80 percent investigations were taken into the stage of prosecution in the courts of law.
The Chairman NAB said that NAB has developed an effective Monitoring and Evaluation System catering the needs of all concerned having salient features of maintenance of data at each stage including complaint entry, complaint verification, inquiry, investigation, prosecution stage and record preservation of Regional Board Meetings and ability to analyze data in qualitative and quantitative form having warnings and alarms system for violators. NAB with improved infrastructure and rationalized workload, timelines have been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of case putting a maximum limit of 10 months- from complaint verification-to-inquiry-to investigation and finally to a reference in Accountability Court.
