The NAB chairman has formed a prevention committee on Haj Group organisers/Ministry of Religious Affairs under Section 33C of the National Accountability Ordinance1999.
The meeting of the committee, which includes representatives from the ministries of Religious Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Revenue, Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Interior, Pakistan International Airline, Saudi Airline, Cabinet Division and representatives from Haj operators, will be held on July 31 at the NAB Headquarters, Islamabad. The purpose of formulating of committee under the prevision of Section 33C is to assist the Ministry of Religious Affairs in preparing policies, rules and regulations and criterion for Haj regulators to ensure merit, fair play and transparency so that pilgrims in particular and public at large is facilitated in an efficient manner. The committee will prepare recommendations through consensus with the Ministry of Religious Affairs and other stakeholders pertaining to issues of policy making and implementation, Haj Organisers Registration, hiring of building in Saudi Arabia, booking and ticketing system including preparation of passports, awareness campaigns and all other related matters to Haj and Ziaraat. The final recommendations so formulated will be submitted to NAB chairman who in return under the statutory obligations will send it to concern quarters for implementation. The committee has been constituted with the backdrop of having large number of complaints and scams surfacing almost on a yearly basis. To prevent corruption, prevention exercise as enshrined in NAO will be the top priority principle approach undertaken by NAB Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari.
A numbers of committees in each province and at the federal level have been constituted under the Prevention Regime to bring good governance through strengthening regulators and authorities established to ensure rule of law, transparency accountability and meritocracy in overall executive system. Meanwhile, the NAB Rawalpindi handed over Rs 4,622,741 to CDA under the head of plea bargains. In Nov 2011, an investigation was started on the basis of news published in Daily Times regarding embezzlement/misappropriation of funds in the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA), Capital Development Authority, Islamabad.
