Dedicated Cell Established I NAB To Resolve Business Community Issues: Chairman
Faizan Hashmi Published December 23, 2018 | 06:15 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Dec, 2018 ) :Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice Javed Iqbal Sunday said that the anti-graft watchdog has established a separate Cell for resolving the issues of business community.
In a statement, he said solid steps were being taken to check the menace of money laundering and return the stashed abroad money to the country from every nook and corner of the globe. Eradication of corruption from roots has become imperative as the menace has deteriorated to an extent that it has become cancer.
He said each and every persons wants to eliminate corruption and the single most viable solution of achieving the goal is to ensure self accountability as if everybody avoid corruption, nepotism and bribery this will deifinitely help materializing the dream of making corruption free Pakistan. He said corruption is hurdle in progress and economic prosperity of the country. NAB has deposited record over Rs 297 billion in national exchequer after recovering from the corrupt elements. The ongoing investigations against fake Housing Societies, Cooperative Societies would be concluded, he expressed.
Taking mega corruption cases to logical conclusion was priority of NAB, he said adding that NAB has filed 105 mega corruption cases in various accountability courts from out of a total of 179 mega corruption cases registered.
He said NAB conducts white collar corruption investigations after securing comprehensive evidence, documentary proves and as per law. Right now, as many as 1210 corruption reference of Rs 900 billion are at various stages of hearing in different accountability courts, he added.
The statement said that the Bureau had filed a reference against Mufti Ehsan in Mudarba case. The Accountability Court had sentenced Mufti Ehsan 10 years imprisonment and Rs 9 billion fine. NAB has won the mega corruption case due to its effective prosecution. NAB was trying its best to apprehend 34 culprits involved in NAB Mudarna/Musharka Schandels besides repatriating absconders fled abroad through Interpol.
He said according to the recent survey reports of Gallani and Gallop, 59 percent people expressed confidence over the performance of NAB. Whereas Pakistan has been ranked at 107th in International Economic Forum's International Corruption Perception Index. The NAB has improved its functioning aiming to effectively eliminating the menace of corruption. NAB has fixed 10 months period from complaint verification to filing reference against the corrupt. The complaint verification, inquiries, investigations are being strictly concluded within the prescribed time frame of 10 months only.
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