NAB has no love or enmity towards anyone, we're just doing our job: NAB chairperson.

ISLAMABAD -- NAB has nothing to do with politics and is only loyal to the state of Pakistan, said NAB Chairperson Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal.

Speaking at a seminar in Islamabad he said NAB is aligned with the state, not the government. Governments come and go, he said.

He underscored the importance of accountability and said this is no longer a Mughal kingdom. Now, even the common man can ask political leaders things and NAB has the constitutional right to ask you, he said. It is your duty to answer these questions, he added.

Justice Iqbal said propaganda has been spread against NAB but it doesn't matter because Pakistan's people know what is going on.

'Not long ago people said NAB is nothing but dead wood, today even they have to say it is a tree with new branches and leaves,' he said. He said it doesn't take dictation from anyone and that even the government had said it was an unbiased institution.

Speaking about the impression that NAB is targeting the bureaucracy, Justice Iqbal said it is very important, the backbone of the government, but if there's an issue in the backbone, it causes pain to the rest of the body. We won't be taking any wrong steps against bureaucrats, he assured, adding that there are many capable bureaucrats in the government.

However, he reiterated that corruption cannot go unpunished. He urged people to cooperate with the bureau.

Our loyalty is to the state and the incumbent government's policies and that's it, he repeated.

Speaking about political figures who have said that NAB is not providing suspects in its custody proper facilities, he said that this isn't true. We're giving all the proper facilities, like medical...