National Accountability Bureau recovered Rs323.29 billion in 2020: Javed Iqbal

The Speaker opined that effective measures always help to eliminate the menace of corruption from society.

He said this in a meeting with Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Mr Justice (R) Javed Iqbal, who called on him, at Parliament House, today.

The Speaker said that the present government believes in the promotion of transparency and accountability in the governance system. He said that corruption was a major challenge faced by the nation. He said that it was the collective responsibility of all segments of society to discourage corrupt practices and support the government's efforts to eradicate corruption from the country.

The Chairman presented NAB Annual Report 2020 to the Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan and briefed him about his organization’s performance which had recovered Rs323.29 billion during 2020.

He informed that the anti-graft agency received 24,706 complaints and disposed of 30,405 complaints including under-process complaints from the previous year. He further stated that NAB processed 878 complaints verifications, besides conducting 369 inquiries, 175 investigations and filed 136 references before the Accountability Courts during the past year. He apprised that the overall success ratio of prosecution was 66% during the year 2020.

He apprised that reputed National and international organizations like Transparency International Pakistan, World Economic Forum, PILDAT and  Mishaal Pakistan have appreciated the defrosts of the anti-graft agency in the eradication of corruption especially to aware people of the ill effects of corruption.

Appreciating the performance of NAB, the Speaker said that the organization had done a commendable job by waging a war against corrupt elements and recovering Rs323.29 billion during 2020.

He lauded the efforts of the NAB Chairman for his indulgence in the recovery of billions of hard-earned money of affectees of housing societies and money laundering.

He assured the Chairman of his complete support in strengthening the organization to weed out corruption from society.