Transparency International praises anti-corruption efforts of NAB.

ISLAMABAD -- Transparency International (TI) has praised the anti-graft efforts of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) under the chairmanship of Javed Iqbal, said a report released by the Berlin-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Thursday.

The report released today highlighted the 2019's performance of the global countries against corruption. TI appreciated Javed Iqbal over best performance showed by NAB combined investigation team in different graft cases.

It is said in the report that the combined investigation team of Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog fulfilled all requirement of justice besides recovering Rs153 billion from the corrupt elements. TI said that 530 references had been filed by NAB, whereas, the overall ratio of conviction was witnessed up to 70 per cent from the accountability courts. The organisation has also praised the anti-corruption awareness campaign by NAB.

Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) chairman Sohail Muzaffar said, 'NAB under the current leadership of justice (R) Javed Iqbal has performed much better, and NAB been rejuvenated after it has taken various initiatives including Combined Investigation Team (CIT) System, in order to have collective wisdom in the conduct of inquiries/investigations on merits which is lending quality.'

'NAB has collected Rs. 153 billion from the corrupt elements and filed 530 references and its overall conviction ratio in the Accountability Courts is about 70%. Besides, NAB's effective media campaign to aware people about ill...

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