ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is committed to eradicate corruption and it is very pride to consider Pakistan as role model for SAARC Countries in eradication of Corruption.
“Due to NAB efforts, Pakistan is the only country who’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) according to Transparency International Report has been decreased from 175 to 116 during the last three years,” said Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry while chairing a meeting which reviewed performance of NAB in eradication of corruption.
He said Pakistan has become first Chairman of SAARC Anti-Corruption Forum which is great achievement for Pakistan as well as NAB. He said NAB since its inception has received about 3, 43,356 complaints from individuals and private/public organizations.
During the period, NAB authorized 11, 581 complaint verification, 7587 inquiries, 3846 investigations, filed 2808 corruption references in respective accountability courts and overall conviction ratio is about 76 percent.
Since NAB’s inception, one of NAB’s major achievements has been the recovery of around Rs. 287.763/- billion of ill-gotten money which was deposited in the national exchequer which is a remarkable achievement of NAB.
The figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations are almost double as compared to the same period of 2014 to 2017 during the tenure of the present management of NAB. The comparative figures of previous years are indicative of the hard work being put in by all ranks of NAB staff under the leadership of Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman NAB in an atmosphere of renewed energy and dynamism, where fight against corruption is being taken as a national duty. Increase in the number of complaints also reflect s enhanced public trusted in the NAB.
He said NAB has devised a comprehensive Partly Quantified Grading System to review and further improve the performance of officers/officials of NAB. Under this grading system, NAB Regional Bureau’s are being evaluated for the last three years on annual basis at a given criteria which has proved very successful and the performance of NAB’s Regional Bureaus is increasing day by day due to regular monitoring and inspection.
He said NAB is one of investigation agency of the world who has been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of all cases including white collar crime cases a maximum limit of 10 months- from complaint verification-to-inquiry-to-investigation and finally to a reference in the Accountability Court.
The Chairman informed that NAB has organized SAARC Seminar in Islamabad in which SAARC member countries including India have appreciated the Anti-Corruption Strategy adopted by the Bureau in curbing corruption.
Pakistan is role model for SAARC countries due to its proactive and effective Awareness, Prevention and Enforcement Anti-Corruption Strategy and the measures taken by the present management of NAB during the last three years.
Due to the reason, NAB has been selected first Chairman of SAARC countries Anti-Corruption Forum which is great achievement for Pakistan as well as NAB.
Later, Imtiaz Tajwar, Deputy Chairman while addressing the new recruits of NAB which are getting training at Police Training College Sihala said that NAB on the directions of Chairman NAB, Qamar Zaman Chaudhry adopted a proactive anti-corruption strategy by adopting zero Tolerance Policy which has proved very successful and yielding positive results.
