ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Wednesday said a record 440 corruption references were filed by the anti-graft watchdog from October 2017 to September 2018.
Chairing a meeting to review the overall performance of NAB, he said the bureau had introduced a new concept of Combine Investigation Team (CIT) to benefit from the experience and collective wisdom of senior supervisory officers, a press release said.
The CIT, comprising director, additional director, investigation officer and a senior legal counsel, had been put in place to avoid any sorts of influence in the official proceedings, he said and added that NAB had also established a state-of-the-art forensic lab in Islamabad.
“The facilities at the lab include digital forensics and analysis of the documents in question as well as fingerprints for immaculate investigations.”
He said Transparency International, PILDAT, Mishal and World Economic Forum had already appreciated NAB’s efforts for the eradication of corruption and the bureau, in a very short period of time, had established over 50,000 character building societies in colleges and universities to raise awareness against the menace of corruption.
