ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhary Tuesday said that NAB has sent its recommendations to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for elimination of loopholes in tax laws.
“The dream of corruption free society will remain elusive unless the whole nation say “no to corruption”, he said while addressing a seminar on “Accountability – vital pillar of good governance”, organized by NAB at Bahria University.
He said that the fight against corruption was collective social responsibility as Bureau could not solely fight against it.
The Chairman NAB said that good governance was to get maximum benefit at the cost of minimum loss in a transparent and equitable manner.
Qamar Zaman Chaudhary said accountability could be in various forms and shapes like financial accountability through Accountant General, or legislative accountability through legislatures or media accountability, while on the part of NAB, it was to arrest the criminal and bring him before the court of law.
He said that NAB was providing part of accountability mechanism in the country and its ordinance empowered the examination of existing laws to eliminate the loopholes of corruption.
He said NAB has revived and reintegrated its awareness and prevention drive because it felt elimination of corruption required a broader and long term approach.
Cooperation of ordinary citizens was sought through utility bills, seminars, slogans and other awareness drives, he added.
He said in 2014 19,999 complaints were lodged with NAB which was the reflection of people’s trust.
Qamar Zaman Chaudhary said that PILDAT has rated NAB prosecution work in courts at 70 percent success rate.
