Those remained untouched in past faced probe now, says Chairman NAB.

ISLAMABAD -- Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice retd Javed Iqbal on Sunday said that those who remained untouched in the past were probed by the accountability watchdog in his tenure, media reported.

'They have been asked about illegal acts, assets beyond income and measures that caused losses to the national exchequer as per the law,' said the chairman.

He said that the business community is the backbone of the country and therefore they decided to transfer their cases to the FBR as per the legal requirement. 'A prosperous business community is the guarantee of a prosperous Pakistan,' he said.

He said that the accountability watchdog believes in zero corruption and 100 percent prosperity policy. 'It is owing to this policy that we are able to deposit Rs487 billion of looted money to the national exchequer during the past three years,' Justice retd Javed Iqbal said.

He said that the NAB...