Islamabad (TDI): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) revealed on Thursday that during the last six months, the anti-graft body made direct and indirect recoveries of more than 4 trillion rupees, which is a record.
This was revealed during the NAB’s 24th DGs Conference in Islamabad, presided over by Chairman NAB Lt. Gen. (Retd). Nazir Ahmed.
Among the attendees were Deputy Chairman NAB Sohail Nasir, Prosecutor General Accountability Syed Ihtesham Qadir Shah, DGs of Divisions at NAB Headquarters and Regional Bureaus, Advisors and other senior officers.
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The conference reviewed in detail the performance of all regional bureaus, divisions and cells. The attendees expressed resolve to provide speedy relief to the affectees of the public at large scams.
According to the reports presented by the regional heads., NAB Karachi recovered Rs1189 million through settlements during the past year.
Similarly, the Sukkur branch of the anti-graft body retrieved 631,352.26 acres of forest land worth Rs1,103.5128 billion in indirect recovery.
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Per reports, NAB Lahore recovered Rs23786.158 million and returned to 31,038 victims in cases of public at large cheating in 2023-24, while NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa made indirect recoveries of Rs194,937 million during the same period.
Similarly, NAB Rawalpindi also recovered money in major cases of fraud and returned it to the victims, while NAB Multan and Quetta performed well in serving the country and the nation by making significant recoveries.
The meeting revealed that staff is actively handling 724 inquiries, progressing 217 investigations, hearing 821 references, and resolving 16,429 complaints since January 2024.
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The NAB regional heads expressed resolve to notch their efforts to solve the pending cases in the Supreme Court and the High Courts. It was also agreed upon that the matter of the inactive accountability courts should be taken up at the relevant forum to make them functional in the better interest of the nation.
The conference also pledged to go harder at money launderers.
Chairman NAB Lieutenant General Retired Nazir Ahmed appreciated the performance of the anti-corruption body and stressed that maximum and prompt relief should be given to the public and affectees of cheating public at large cases by returning their money.
He further said that the new reforms introduced in NAB and the establishment of Accountability Facilitation Centers for Members of Parliament, Members of Provincial Assemblies, Businessmen and Bureaucrats have increased the reputation of NAB and these measures have increased the public’s trust in NAB.
