ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, said the NAB recovered Rs 303 billion in different cases till date and deposited them to the national treasure, ARY News reported Wednesday.
Iqbal was speaking to NAB officers during a meeting in Islamabad. Chairman NAB said the bureau was implementing its policy that stipulates ‘accountability for all’.
He directed prosecutors to file applications for earliest hearings of different references.
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‘We see fight against corruption as our national responsibility,’ he told the meeting. He said taking mega corruption cases to their logical end was the top priority of NAB.
Chairman of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday vowed to bring back home “all the plunderers of national wealth” who had ‘fled abroad’.
Iqbal said that they would bring all the looters and plunderers of public funds to justice. The NAB chairman termed corruption major hurdle in country’s progress and development.
He said that NAB realized its responsibility and added that the watchdog actively playing its role in making Pakistan a corruption free state. Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal urged the NAB officers to perform their responsibility sincerely and according to the law. He said that NAB was taking indiscriminate actions without any pressure against the corrupt elements.
Giving statistics, the NAB chairman said that the watchdog received 54,344 complaints during the last 13 months.
, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal, said the NAB recovered Rs 303 billion in different cases till date and deposited them to the national treasure, ARY News reported Wednesday.){kind=link}