ISLAMABAD January 19 (Online): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) convicted as many as 1405 persons for their corruptions during the tenure of Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal, said a press release issued by NAB office Islamabad on Wednesday.
The NAB chief chaired a meeting to review overall performance of NAB especially convictions made during the tenure of Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB from October 10, 2017 till Dec 31, 2021 under Section 10 of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO)-1999 and under Section 25 (b) of NAO-1999 at NAB Headquarters.
Zahir Shah, Deputy Chairman NAB, Syed Asghar Haider, Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA), Masood Alam Khan, DG Operations, other senior officers of NAB besides all Director General (DG’s), Regional Bureaus of NAB attended the meeting via video link.
The NAB chairman appreciated the excellent performance of all Regional Bureaus of NAB for putting excellent work in bringing the corrupt elements to justice as per law where the Learned Accountability Courts of the country convicted 1405 acused persons due to vigorous prosecution of all Regional Bureaus of NAB NAB in coordination with Operations and Prosecution Divisions, NAB Headquarters. Chairman NAB said that NAB always believes in working in accordance with Law.
The effective National Anti Corruption Strategy and Accountability for All policy of NAB have started yielding remarkable excellent results as compared to previous years.
During the meeting, it was informed that 10x accused persons were convicted in 2021 till Dec 31, 2021 by learned Accountability Courts Rawalpindi/Islamabad on the basis of solid evidence through vigorous prosecution of NAB Rawalpindi under section 10 of NAO-1999 through vigorous prosecution.
Similarly in the year 2020, 13x accused persons, in the year 2019, 09x accused persons, while in the year 2018 and 20x accused persons were convicted by learned Accountability Courts under section 10 of NAO-1999.
It was further informed that during 2021, 24x accused persons were convicted by different learned Accountability Courts Rawalpindi/Islamabad on the basis of solid evidence through vigorous prosecution of NAB Rawalpindi under section 25(b) of NAO-1999. Similarly in the year 2020, 21x accused persons, in the year 2019, 23x accused persons while in the year 2018, 08x accused persons were convicted by different learned Accountability Courts under section 25(b) of NAO-1999.
Justice Javed Iqbal has said that NAB is committed to bring corrupt elements especially big fish to justice on the basis of solid documentary evidence as per law.
He said that logical conclusion of mega corruption cases is the top most priority of NAB. NAB has adopted a Combined Investigation Team (CIT) policy in order to benefit from the collective wisdom of senior supervisory officers which is lending quality in conduct of inquiries and investigations.
The chairman said NAB is the focal institution of Pakistan under the UN Convention against Ccorruption (UNCAC). NAB is Chairman of SAARC Anti-Corruption Forum as NAB is considered a role model organization in SAARC countries due to its excellent results.
The Chairman NAB said that due to vigorous prosecution of NAB, 1405 accused persons were convicted by various l;earned Accountability Courts of the country from Oct 10, 2017 to Dec 31, 2021 besides recovering Rs 539 billion directly and indirectly from corrupt elements with conviction ratio of 66% which is a record achievement as compared to other organizations which shows a commitment and dedication of NAB officers towards performance of their national responsibilities in eradication of corruption from the country.
He said that NAB’s anti corruption strategy has proved very successful which has been lauded by reputed national and international organizations like Transparency International, Pakistan, World Economic Forum, PILDAT and Mishal Pakistan.
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