ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry on Saturday said NAB is educating young people against corruption as they are Pakistan’s future. Addressing the NAB officials, he said the Planning Commission of Pakistan has included a chapter devoted to issues of corruption in the 11th five-year plan. “We intend to work closely with Planning Commission of Pakistan to achieve the goals set in the 11th five years plan for eradication of corruption.” He also said corruption is not only a vice in its own right but it also triggers a chain reaction and leads to injustice and mistrust. He said NAB is essentially a complaint-driven organisation. He said, “Starting with 2014 which can be called basically a year of re-invigoration of NAB, we have moved with new zeal and effort. Through detailed introspection and analysis of organizational weaknesses, overhaul of procedures and business processes, all pillars of the organisation i.e. operations, prosecution, human resource development and awareness and prevention have been reactivated.” He said that an effective accountability mechanism is quintessential for economic growth, investment and stability of social order. The intervention by NAB has acted as a catalyst, as transparency is a prerequisite for promoting investment and economic growth. Since its inception, NAB had adopted the enforcement-based approach in its fight against corruption. Beside enforcement, special focus is therefore being given to awareness and prevention activities to educate the people at large about corruption. He said, “More than 42,000 character building societies (CBS) have been set up in universities and colleges across the country to build an effective edifice against corruption. The students of various universities and colleges of the country regularly organize meeting of character building societies (CBS) in their respective universities and colleges. This has proved very successful in order to aware students about the ill effects of corruption and more universities and colleges are joining hands with NAB in its country wide campaign against corruption.” He said, “Fighting corruption is a challenging task. Serious efforts to combat corruption have been started with this realisation that it is our collective social responsibility that it would result in common good and that we all are together in eradication of corruption.” He said that NAB is determined to corruption-free Pakistan and all the citizens of Pakistan refuse to tolerate or accept corruption as a way of life. He called upon every single member of the society to make an effort by setting their personal, professional and official conduct above any type of influence. The chairman ordered all officers/officials of NAB to adopt and demonstrate absolute fairness and transparency in discharge of their national duties. He said, “I call upon the intelligentsia, the academia, civil society and media to sensitise the people about the adverse impacts of corruption on our society and economy.” At the end, the chairman praised the performance of all officers/officials and said that NAB’s performance remained excellent for the last three years which has praised not only national but international watchdogs in their reports. He urged all the officers/officials of NAB to double their efforts in performance of their national duty which is eructation of corruption from the country.