NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry receives a shield at NBP Training Academy. PHOTO: EXPRESS
This was stated by NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry while addressing a ceremony organised by NAB Rawalpindi bureau at the National Bank Training Academy in Islamabad where the bureau’s investigation officers were being trained.
Chaudhry said that the anti-corruption watchdog accords high priority to the training of its investigation officers since training is an effective instrument to develop human capabilities and to enhance practical and productive efforts.
The NAB chief said that they had developed a standardised syllabus for all investigation officers, refresher and capacity building courses on accounts, general financial rules, digital forensic question documents, fingerprint analysis and white collar crimes.
The syllabus, he said, had been formed to ensure quality and uniformity and help NAB uniformly implement standard operating procedures, laws and rules.
He added that NAB’s training plan for 2017 is being implemented effectively to enhance the capacity of NAB officers, prosecutors continuously and evaluate their performance so as to form a basis for subsequent review and improvements in future training needs.
The NAB chief further said that the bureau plans to set up a training academy, on the pattern of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Academy, at the NAB Headquarters.
NAB, he said, had already established a state-of-the-art digital forensic science laboratory which has the capacity to conduct digital forensics, analyse questionable documents, fingerprints analysis to help investigate cases within the stipulated time period as per SOPs.
He added that so far NAB has received around 343,356 complaints from individuals, public and private organizations. Of these, NAB authorised 11,581 complaint verifications, 7,587 inquiries, 3,846 investigations, filed 2,808 corruption references in the respective accountability courts with an overall conviction ratio of around 76 per cent.
Moreover, Chaudhry said that during the tenure of the current management, NAB had recovered Rs45 billion in ill-gotten money from the corrupt.
He further said that the figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations had nearly double when compared to the same period from 2014 to 2017.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th, 2017.
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