To fight corruption: ‘Effective bureaucracy essential for state’
NAB chairperson speaks at Civil Services Academy
Officers had accepted embezzlement charges and returned the money to NAB. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
A state can collapse without an effective bureaucracy, said National Accountability Bureau Director General Qamar Zaman Chaudhry on Thursday.
While speaking at Civil Services Academy in Lahore, Chaudhry said bureaucrats perform multiple functions, ranging from paperwork to recommending policy decisions to the governments. However, he added, the same system could eat up the country from within if the people concerned indulge in malpractice.
About the initiatives taken by NAB, he said that since October 2013 the incumbent management has taken initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. The good work continued in 2014 an din 2015, he added, they introduced the Monitoring and Evaluation System.
Since NAB is the focal agency for United Nations Convention Against Corruption, it is an active member of international community.
“NAB alone cannot fight the war against corruption. It is a collective social responsibility. The intelligentsia and media have to play an important role,” the press release quoted him as saying.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2016.
A state can collapse without an effective bureaucracy, said National Accountability Bureau Director General Qamar Zaman Chaudhry on Thursday.
While speaking at Civil Services Academy in Lahore, Chaudhry said bureaucrats perform multiple functions, ranging from paperwork to recommending policy decisions to the governments. However, he added, the same system could eat up the country from within if the people concerned indulge in malpractice.
About the initiatives taken by NAB, he said that since October 2013 the incumbent management has taken initiatives aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation. The good work continued in 2014 an din 2015, he added, they introduced the Monitoring and Evaluation System.
Since NAB is the focal agency for United Nations Convention Against Corruption, it is an active member of international community.
“NAB alone cannot fight the war against corruption. It is a collective social responsibility. The intelligentsia and media have to play an important role,” the press release quoted him as saying.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2016.