Chairman NAB
- February 13, 2015, 9:46 pm
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QUETTA Feb 13 (PPI): Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said NAB is Pakistan's apex anti-corruption assigned with the responsibility of elimination of corruption through a holistic approach of awareness, prevention and enforcement.
It operates under the National Accountability Ordinance-1999 which is extended to all of Pakistan, including FATA and Gilgit Baltistan. NAB has its Headquarters at Islamabad while it has seven regional Bureaus located at Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Sukkur, Multan and Rawlapindi.
He said this during his visit to NAB Baluchistan Bureau to have annual inspection of NAB Balochistan Bureau.
NAB Chairman?s Inspection & Monitoring Team (CI&MT) who was deputed to conduct Annual Inspection of NAB Balochistan Bureau for the year 2014. The inspection was carried out from February 11 to February 13, 2015 in order to review and evaluate the performance of NAB Balochistan Bureau on the basis of a quantified grading system.
Senior Member (CI&MT) along with his team conducted Annual Inspection of NAB Balochistan Bureau for the year of 2014. He gave briefing to Chairman NAB about the inspection done and highlighted the strengths and weakness of NAB Balochistan Bureau. He said that on the directions of the Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, a quantified grading system has been devised, under this grading system, performance of NAB Regional Bureaus is being evaluated at a given criteria.
Chairman NAB said that NAB Balochistan is one of the important Regional Bureaus of NAB. It plays prominent role in contributing towards the overall performance of NAB. During the briefing, the Chairman was informed that NAB Balochistan disposed of 857 complaints received during the year 2014. In 2014, NAB Balochistan disposed of 295 Complaints Verifications (CVs), completed 70 of the total 177 authorized inquires and finished 26 out of 47 authorized investigations. NAB Balochistan during recovered 127.68 million through VR, PB and arrested 40 accused persons. NAB Balochistan has recovered Rs. 1,329.289 million since its inception.
He appreciated the performance of NAB Balochistan Bureau and directed all ranks of officers of NAB Balochistan to work more vigilantly and diligently in order to curb corruption and corrupt practices from the country. He said that (CI&MT) inspection team has done good work. He said performance of all wings of NAB Balochistan under the supervision of DG NAB Balochistan is appreciated. There is room for improvements, however good work is always appreciated and shows commitment of the Bureau.
