National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Monday revealed that the anti-graft body was issued a threat to blow up its headquarters with explosives.
The NAB chairman was addressing officers at the NAB’s Lahore complex, where he made the revelation.
“But the decision of life and death rests with Allah,” he said, vowing that the war against corruption will continue without discrimination.
“Some people want the anti-graft body to arrest politicians so that they become political martyrs ahead of the elections,” NAB sources quoted Iqbal as saying.
“But the NAB makes arrests on the basis merit in cases under investigation, not on anyone’s wishes,” he added.
He said that the anti-graft body “looks at cases, not the faces” and it had nothing to with the elections.
The NAB chief lamented that some people had made a habit of not appearing before the anti-graft body, despite summons.
He further said that the progress regarding the investigation on mega corruption cases is encouraging.
Amid security concerns, Caretaker Interior Minister Azam Khan directed the authorities to tighten the security of Islamabad’s NAB headquarters and tasked the police commandos to take charge of the NAB headquarters.
