NAB striving to get the nation rid of corruption & corrupt practices: Chairman

KARACHI, December 28: Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, Chairman NAB while addressing as chief guest at a ceremony organised by English Speaking Union Karachi on “Accountability and Development NAB’s Perspective at a local hotel said that Corruption is not only a vice in its own right but it also triggers a chain reaction and leads to injustice, mistrust and suspicion. It generates a sense of insecurity which makes people go astray because they start losing faith in the ability and capability of the government and society to ensure their fundamental rights. This is a vicious circle of anxiety, insecurity, hopelessness, despondency and desperation. Thus the entire social fabric, the warp and weft of certitude and hope, is torn asunder. General public seeing corruption in almost all walks of life, facing difficulties in getting their basic right and facilities simply start accepting corruption as the immutable status quo.
He said corruption in government spending has a negative impact on development programmes and results in perpetual increase in cost of creation and maintenance of public assets. The particular deadliness of the disease lies in its self-perpetuation. Any corrupt act or practice sets in motion a vicious cycle in which one act of corruption becomes the source of further acts of corruption.
He said National Accountability Bureau was established in these compelling circumstances to fight and eradicate corruption in a holistic and integrated manner. This is the backdrop against which NAB is striving to accomplish its mission i.e. to rid the nation from corruption and corrupt practices.
Earlier, Aziz Memon – President English Speaking Union Pakistan also spoke on the occasion and heighted the purpose for establishment and achievements of English Speaking Union Pakistan.