LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that instead of expanding jurisdiction of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), reforms should be introduced to improve its performance in order to eliminate corruption from the country.
According to a handout issued here by DGPR, the chief minister said the country had suffered irreparable loss due to the evil of corruption, and strict and credible system of accountability was needed to uproot the menace of corruption for the stability of Pakistan.
CM Shehbaz Sharif said the current condition and the past history of the NAB was witness to the fact that this institution had failed to carry out accountability of the corrupt elements and those who mercilessly looted the national exchequer. He said such examples exist that no action was taken against such elements despite clear instruction of courts.
He said instead of enhancing jurisdiction of the NAB to the superior judiciary and the army, the NAB should operate with honesty and above likes and dislikes. He said institutions like judiciary and army had their own systems and methods of accountability that could be improved to meet the needs of the time.
He said, he could not refrain from expressing his displeasure over the hypocrisy of some of political parties over the proposal of enhancing the jurisdiction the NAB.
