Speaking as the chief guest at the concluding session of four-day country’s review programme titled, “Review of the Implementation of United Nations Convention against Corruption” on Thursday, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said the bureau is working freely with complete dedication to eliminate menace of corruption from the country.
Chaudhry said that NAB was working in a very conducive and independent environment to achieve targets in fight against corruption.
The NAB chairman said Pakistan was committed and working hand in hand with international community in line with the UN convention to achieve goals and targets. He said that NAB had resolved to check practices which were eating up resources.
The chairman said that corruption is a complex social and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. “No society is immune to this challenge which continues to haunt the efforts towards ensuring equitable socio economic development, establishing rule of law and provision of justice in societies. Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes towards political instability, avoidance the rule of law, discourages foreign direct investment and discourages healthy business environment. It is essential for prosperous Pakistan and whole world to cope up with this giant,” he said.
The chairman said Pakistan is committed to United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) in eradicating corruption in all its manifestations by implementing its articles through an intensive approach of ‘awareness, prevention and enforcement’. He said that UNCAC has 177 members and it is an obligation on all the members to make their anti-corruption laws more strong for the eradication of corruption in the light of articles of UNCAC based on the recommendations of the reviewing experts.