Daily Times

NAB chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal chaired a high-level meeting to review the performance of Awareness and Prevention Division at NAB Headquarters on Tuesday. NAB Chairman took notice of public sector departments, which have not submitted the details of contracts of over Rs.50 million projects, to the Bureau for scrutiny under section 33-B of NAO, 1999 and directed all regional bureaus of NAB to ensure submission of copies of such projects, by the relevant departments to Awareness and Prevention Division as per law. During the meeting, Chairman NAB said that all public sector departments are duty bound to submit the copies of contracts of Rs50 million or above to NAB for scrutiny under its prevention regime.

The policy of ‘Accountability for All’ is being followed in letter and spirit across the board and now accountability of big fish is being seen to be done. The corrupt are being dealt with iron hands, as eradication of corruption from the country is the top priority of NAB, Javed Iqbal added.

The Chairman NAB directed all Director Generals (DG) of NAB to ensure submission of copies of all contracts of Rs. 50 million or above from public sector departments, since it comes under their areas of jurisdiction as per law. Strict action would be taken against the failure officers as per law. Chairman NAB directed operations, prosecution divisions and all regional bureaus to make all-out efforts to conclude all ongoing complaint verifications, inquiries and investigations within the prescribed time frame after collecting concrete and solid evidence as per law.