President Mamnoon Hussain has underlined the need for taking efficient and effective measures for preventing and combating the menace of corruption. The president emphasised on rigorous implementation of anti-corruption laws for curbing the disease of corruption.
He was addressing a seminar titled “Say No To Corruption”, organised by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day here at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Those who attended the seminar included, among others, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reforms Mr. Ahsan Iqbal, Chairman NAB Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, and senior officials of NAB and President Secretariat.
The president said that corruption poses grave threat to the very fabric of a society and stressed on the need to determine and check the elements fostering it. Unchecked corruption not only erodes democratic institutions, stunts economic growth but also degrades ethical values, observed the President. Therefore, there is a need to devise cohesive strategies and plan of actions for fighting and uprooting corruption from the country.
The president also called for further strengthening the anti-corruption departments and institutions particularly NAB enabling them to positively continue making efforts in weeding the curse of corruption. The President emphasized on stringent and impartial application of rule of law for controlling and eliminating the corrupt practices in the country.
The president also stressed on raising awareness against corruption adding that it was the collective social responsibility to fight and beat this menace. Only through ensuring transparency, openness and accountability in all public affairs can we realize the dream of a corruption free society, observed the president.
Speaking on the occasion, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal said that the present government was committed to fight corruption in all its forms and was undertaking measures to curb it.
The president also complimented NAB for organizing the seminar on a topic of utmost importance and raising awareness about it.
Start from the top. Tell the President, why he has not given account of expenditure of his last Hajj done on tax-payers account yet ? & he is talking of curbing " corruption ". Unless we make effective accountability law, we cannot get rid of corruption from the society where " bribe & influence-peddling have replaced the system or one might say, it is what the system is". Unless this mindset is CHANGED we cannot expect eradication apart, no reduction in corruption is possible. It is our collective duty starting from home, to teach our children not to lie….this will itself reduce 50% corruption…try it ! We corrupt our children who thinks this as part & parcel of our lives. We bring " haram money home ", not necessarily stolen, but not earned in a honest way….in every step of the way we lie & try to deceive the other person for our own benefit. Correct me if I am wrong…please!
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