ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Terming the eradication of corruption as a national duty, the Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said that the bureau will continue its fearless fight against corruption without any discrimination for or against anyone with honesty and objectivity.
While addressing as chief guest after inauguration of new building of NAB Headquarters in Islamabad on Monday, Qamar Zaman said that as an institutions, the NAB played a central role in galvanizing anti-corruption efforts all over the Country, and it has become a focal point for people frustrated without public sector institutions.
“We have developed and introduced on line complaint registration system along with dedicated telephone lines for assistance of general public and complainants, we listen very carefully to what all our citizens are saying,” the NAB Chairman said.
The NAB Chairman said that Pakistan had been consistently improving in Corruption Perception Index (CPI) – 127/175 (2013) to 126/174 (2014) to 117/167 (2015) to 116/176 (2016).
“But this is just the beginning. The fight against corruption is complex and long-drawn and cannot be undertaken much less any single entity institution. The state and society will have to act in unison to rid our nation from this scourge of corruption,” he remarked.
Qamar reiterated that the accountability bureau is committed to eradicate corruption by using all its resources by adopting zero tolerance. He remarked that NAB has become the most tangible symbol of our nation’s struggle for a corruption free society.
Talking about the new building of NAB headquarter, he said that the building would inevitably become known as the “Public interface of anti-corruption”, and it would provide a sound foundation for the bureau to pursue this mandate of corruption free society for our citizens.
