Registrars’ briefing: Cabinet panel seeks input on how to rein corruption
Law ministry also invites representatives of Transparency International.
Law ministry also invites representatives of Transparency International.
ISLAMABAD:
A special cabinet committee on corruption has invited the registrars of superior courts with hopes to gain valuable recommendations on how to curtail corrupt practices in the judicial system, The Express Tribune learnt on Wednesday.
A four-member committee, headed by Law and Justice Minister Farooq H Naek, is preparing recommendations on how to eradicate corruption from government institutions in which civil servants are allegedly embezzling billions of rupees annually. The committee will invite Supreme Court Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain for the same purpose. “We’ve sought briefing from the registrars of superior courts,” Naek told The Express Tribune.
“This sincere effort will help the committee finalise its recommendations to curb corruption in government institutions,” Naek said after a detailed briefing from stakeholders, adding that the committee will compile its findings and will hand them over to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf next year.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Mohammad Anwar Virk have already briefed the committee on corrupt practices by top civil servants in various institutions.
“Proposals/findings on corruption-related issues will be presented to cabinet members soon,” said Naek, who is likely to present the recommendations before the cabinet next week.
Refusal of Punjab watchdog
The four-member committee, including Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khurshid Shah and Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira also requested the NAB DG Punjab to brief the committee in the wake of NAB’s claim that a majority of the mismanagement is taking place in the province. However, he refused to appear before the committee for undisclosed reasons. “We want to run the committee affairs by developing consensus on all issues,” said Naek.
The law ministry also invited representatives of Transparency International (TI) – a non-governmental organisation that monitors and publicises corporate and political corruption in international development — to discuss corruption trends in Pakistan. Naek said TI had agreed to brief the committee.
The high-powered committee has been constituted to probe recent revelations made by the NAB chairman, who claimed the country was wasting a whopping five to seven billion rupees ($51 to $72 million) every day as a result of inefficiency, corruption and tax shortcomings.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2012.
A special cabinet committee on corruption has invited the registrars of superior courts with hopes to gain valuable recommendations on how to curtail corrupt practices in the judicial system, The Express Tribune learnt on Wednesday.
A four-member committee, headed by Law and Justice Minister Farooq H Naek, is preparing recommendations on how to eradicate corruption from government institutions in which civil servants are allegedly embezzling billions of rupees annually. The committee will invite Supreme Court Registrar Dr Faqir Hussain for the same purpose. “We’ve sought briefing from the registrars of superior courts,” Naek told The Express Tribune.
“This sincere effort will help the committee finalise its recommendations to curb corruption in government institutions,” Naek said after a detailed briefing from stakeholders, adding that the committee will compile its findings and will hand them over to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf next year.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Mohammad Anwar Virk have already briefed the committee on corrupt practices by top civil servants in various institutions.
“Proposals/findings on corruption-related issues will be presented to cabinet members soon,” said Naek, who is likely to present the recommendations before the cabinet next week.
Refusal of Punjab watchdog
The four-member committee, including Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Religious Affairs Minister Syed Khurshid Shah and Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira also requested the NAB DG Punjab to brief the committee in the wake of NAB’s claim that a majority of the mismanagement is taking place in the province. However, he refused to appear before the committee for undisclosed reasons. “We want to run the committee affairs by developing consensus on all issues,” said Naek.
The law ministry also invited representatives of Transparency International (TI) – a non-governmental organisation that monitors and publicises corporate and political corruption in international development — to discuss corruption trends in Pakistan. Naek said TI had agreed to brief the committee.
The high-powered committee has been constituted to probe recent revelations made by the NAB chairman, who claimed the country was wasting a whopping five to seven billion rupees ($51 to $72 million) every day as a result of inefficiency, corruption and tax shortcomings.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 27th, 2012.