ISLAMABAD, February 28: The Honorable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB chaired a meeting to review overall performance of NAB at NAB Headquarters. The meeting was attended by Zahir Shah, Deputy Chairman NAB, Syed AsgharHaider, Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA), Masood Alam Khan, DG Operations and other senior officers of NAB. During the meeting, it was informed that the Learned Accountability Court Balochistan passed judgment in reference No 03/2014 whereby the accused Muhammad Anwar Qambrani was convicted /sentenced for 11 months of rigorous imprisonment along with fine of Rs 8.95 million.
Honorable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB while appreciating the excellent performance of all regional bureaus of NAB said that the performance of NAB is being reviewed on a regular basis on the basis of the state of art monitoring and evaluation system (MES). He said that NAB strongly believes in 100% development and Zero corruption. Corruption is an evil that is defined as the dishonest or unethical method used by a person entrusted with a position or authority, for personal benefits, in other words, corruption is when a person who is responsible for a task, misuses that position for his own profit. Corruption includes bribery and embezzlement and has a greater impact on any economy as corruption is not only a root cause but badly affects the state of economy and standard of living. He said that NAB’s effective anti corruption strategy comprising Awareness, Prevention and Enforcement has started excellent dividends. He said that NAB believes in “Accountability for All” policy with a slogan of NAB’s faith-Corruption free Pakistan. He said that the Government of Pakistan has appreciated NAB’s efforts in improving Pakistan’s position among FATA/APG members especially during the preparation of post observation period Report/follow up Reports which helped FATF Coordination Committee of Pakistan to complete their work within the deadline. Chairman NAB directed all Regional Bureaus of NAB to put in their best efforts in vigorously pursuance of under trial cases in the learned Accountability Courts with complete preparation on the cases on the basis of solid evidence in accordance with law so that corrupt should be brought to justice and looted money should be recovered considering it as our national duty as per law.-PR
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