Fighting corruption: For disposal of a case, it takes 10 months, says NAB official
NAB’s major achievements include recovery of Rs276 billion ill-gotten money
NAB’s major achievements include recovery of Rs276 billion ill-gotten money. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Pakistan’s top anti-graft body has adopted zero tolerance policy and proactive approach to weed out corruption from society, a senior official of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said.
With improved infrastructure and rationalised workload, timelines have been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of cases, Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, Deputy Chairman, NAB said was addressing an international conference on anti-corruption at Vienna, Austria, says a press release here on Wednesday. It takes 10 months — from complaint verification to inquiry to investigation and to filing a reference in an accountability court — to dispose of a case, he said.
The standard operating procedures (SOPs) for investigation officers (IOs) were revised after 10 years to ensure uniformity. To benefit from the experience and collective wisdom of senior officers, a system of CIT comprising of a director, additional director, an IO and a senior legal counsel has been put in place. This will not only lend quality to the work but also ensure that no single individual can influence the proceedings.
International accountability: NAB officials told to perform duties with dedication
The enforcement of measures and prosecution are being monitored through daily, weekly and monthly reports.
NAB has established its first forensic science Lab in Rawalpindi-Islamabad Regional Bureau, equipped with digital forensics, questioned documents and fingerprint analysis. An academy will be set up in Islamabad for capacity building of NAB officers.
Anti-corruption campaign is carried to create awareness about corruption. He emphasised the need for joint efforts of all stakeholders including the civil society, media and people to fight corruption and bring sustainable changes to the governance structure.
A quantified grading system has been introduced to review and improve the performance of its officers. Regional bureaus are being evaluated. An effective monitoring and evaluation system has been developed to cater to the needs including complaint entry, verification, inquiry, investigation, prosecution and record preservation of regional board meetings and ability to analyse data. NAB during the last 16 years received about 313,452 complaints from individuals, private and public organisations, completed about 6,935 inquiries, 3,537 investigations and filed 2,544 corruption references in accountability courts.
NAB’s prime focus is on cases of cheating public at large by fraudulent financial companies, bank, willful bank loan defaults, misuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds by government servants etc. Since its inception, one of NAB’s major achievements has been the recovery of around Rs276.072 billion of ill-gotten money.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2016.
With improved infrastructure and rationalised workload, timelines have been prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of cases, Muhammad Imtiaz Tajwar, Deputy Chairman, NAB said was addressing an international conference on anti-corruption at Vienna, Austria, says a press release here on Wednesday. It takes 10 months — from complaint verification to inquiry to investigation and to filing a reference in an accountability court — to dispose of a case, he said.
The standard operating procedures (SOPs) for investigation officers (IOs) were revised after 10 years to ensure uniformity. To benefit from the experience and collective wisdom of senior officers, a system of CIT comprising of a director, additional director, an IO and a senior legal counsel has been put in place. This will not only lend quality to the work but also ensure that no single individual can influence the proceedings.
International accountability: NAB officials told to perform duties with dedication
The enforcement of measures and prosecution are being monitored through daily, weekly and monthly reports.
NAB has established its first forensic science Lab in Rawalpindi-Islamabad Regional Bureau, equipped with digital forensics, questioned documents and fingerprint analysis. An academy will be set up in Islamabad for capacity building of NAB officers.
Anti-corruption campaign is carried to create awareness about corruption. He emphasised the need for joint efforts of all stakeholders including the civil society, media and people to fight corruption and bring sustainable changes to the governance structure.
A quantified grading system has been introduced to review and improve the performance of its officers. Regional bureaus are being evaluated. An effective monitoring and evaluation system has been developed to cater to the needs including complaint entry, verification, inquiry, investigation, prosecution and record preservation of regional board meetings and ability to analyse data. NAB during the last 16 years received about 313,452 complaints from individuals, private and public organisations, completed about 6,935 inquiries, 3,537 investigations and filed 2,544 corruption references in accountability courts.
NAB’s prime focus is on cases of cheating public at large by fraudulent financial companies, bank, willful bank loan defaults, misuse of authority and embezzlement of state funds by government servants etc. Since its inception, one of NAB’s major achievements has been the recovery of around Rs276.072 billion of ill-gotten money.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 30th, 2016.