ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal has said that corruption is the mother of all evils and the bureau has perfected its procedures to eradicate corruption with iron hands.
Chairing a meeting at NAB headquarters here Tuesday, the chairman said that the corruption is also a major hurdle in the road to the progress and prosperity of the country. “NAB is utilising all possible resources to eliminate the menace of corruption by putting hard work through ‘accountability for all’ policy.”
Javed Iqbal also said that NAB has fixed 10 months for logical conclusion of any case, which comprises of two months of complaint verification, four months for inquiries and four months for investigations.
The chairman directed all DGs to submit a report on completion of complaint verification, inquiries and investigations within seven days. This is in line with his directives given earlier during his first address to NAB officers that no case shall be kept pending in files for a long time and now onwards, all complaint verifications, inquiries and investigations would be completed within a time period of 10 months and no leniency will be tolerated in future.
He further directed to receive all accused persons visiting NAB offices with respect, and that their self-esteem shall not be breached.
