NAB forms special committee to expedite pending cases

The special committee will be headed by Deputy Chairman NAB and will expedite those cases pending for three years.

ISLAMABAD: New National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry in a high level meeting, directed the formation of a special committee for resolving pending cases, Radio Pakistan reported on Monday.

At the Islamabad meeting, it was decided that the new committee will open pending cases in regional NAB offices.

The committee, headed by Deputy Chairman NAB, will start functioning immediately after the Eid holidays end.

The committee will be tasked to expedite disposal of those cases pending for over three years.

Chaudhry, who was appointed last week, had told his staff that he wanted to put his own house in order first.

“The nation is in a state of war, not only against terrorism, but also against the scourge of corruption. And we cannot win this war unless we put the NAB in order,” Chaudhry told his staff on Saturday.

Chairing a meeting of operations and other departments, he said an extra effort must be put in to ensure transparency and an evenhanded approach.