Routing corruption only agenda of NAB Chairman.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (R) Javed Iqbal has said that the Bureau was established in 1999 with the only purpose to eradicate corruption and to recover looted money from corrupt elements and deposit in the national exchequer.

In a statement issued by the NAB headquarters here yesterday, the chairman said that the NAB more than three years ago had introduced a comprehensive and effective national anti-corruption strategy comprising Awareness, Prevention and Enforcement with commitment of 'Corruption free Pakistan'. Now this strategy has started yielding excellent results, he said.

He also said that reputed national and international organizations like Transparency International Pakistan, World Economic Forum, PILDAT and Mishal Pakistan have not only lauded NAB's efforts for eradication of corruption but also in the Gillani and Gallup Survey about 59 percent people have shown their confidence upon NAB as it has not only recovered Rs. 535 billion from corrupt elements during his tenure which is a remarkable achievement.

NAB has filed 600 corruption references in the respected accountability courts and conviction ratio of NAB in the Accountability Courts is about 66 per cent. Currently, there are 1273 corruption references of NAB under process in the Accountability Courts and their total worth is more than Rs.1305 billion.

The statement said that today, eradication of corruption is the voice of the whole nation. Eradication of corruption from the country is the top most priority of NAB. The Bureau is a role model for SAARC countries as NAB is Chairman of SAARC anti-Corruption forum and is the focal organization of Pakistan under the United Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). NAB is the only organization which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China in order to enhance cooperation in eradication of corruption. NAB has established the state of the art Forensic Science Laboratory in NAB Rawalpindi but also established its own Pakistan Anti-Corruption Training Academy at NAB headquarters in order to equip its investigation officers with modern techniques to investigate white collar crimes cases. NAB has also signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Higher Education Commission to aware students of Universities/Colleges about the ill effects of corruption at an early age as youth is our future. In this regard, more than 50 thousand Character Building Societies (CBS) have been...