LAHORE, Pakistan: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday pledged to eliminate corruption from the Country as it was mother of all evils.
In his address at a ceremony in which cheques of Rs 304.137 million were distributed among 2,009 affectees of various scandals at the NAB Lahore Bureau in Lahore, he said the NAB was utilizing all-out efforts to return hard-earned money to people plundered by fraudulents.
The Chairman NAB said the bureau had taken action against corruption across the board and no one would be spared if one was involved in a corruption case. He said he had put in place effective measures to ensure accountability in NAB after taking charge of his office, adding special focus was being paid to mega corruption scams.
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said NAB was working day and night to redress grievances of people by returning their money through a transparent process. He appreciated measures of NAB Lahore for recovering looted money in Doubling Scam and ordered for enhancing its efforts.
“The days are gone when fraudulents plundered money of innocent people and I assure you that no one like Double Shah could dare to deprive people of their money in future,” he said and added people should follow rules and regulations before investment.
The Chairman NAB said strict action would be taken against those housing societies which were involved in scams.
Javed Iqbal directed the departments concerned to monitor affairs of private housing societies besides issuing no objection certificates (NOC) to them after fulfilling all legal formalities.
Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said merit was strictly being ensured in NAB, adding NAB would ensure protection of its witnesses. The departments would have to extend full cooperation to NAB as per rules and laws, he said.
