‘NAB had key role in FATF delisting’

NAB DG said corruption casts a negative impact on any country’s economic state and increases poverty

LAHORE:

A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) official has said that the organisation played a vital role in Pakistan’s delisting from the FATF grey list.

Lahore NAB organised an event at Alhamra Arts Council to mark International Anti-corruption Day. Governor Punjab Balighur Rehman attended the event as chief guest.

Delivering a welcome address, Lahore NAB Director General (DG) Ali Sarfraz Hussain maintained that December 9 is observed as International Anti-Corruption Day.

The DG said that the bureau’s core mission was to enact institutional reforms to make it a credible, effective and dynamic anti-corruption organization.

Talking about the ill-effects of corruption on the economy, Sarfraz said that corruption casts a negative impact on any country’s economic state and increases poverty.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 9^th, 2022.