ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry said on Tuesday that no compromise would be made towards anything that would affect the image of the country or violated laws of the land.
In a meeting with a high powered delegation comprising senior office bearers of Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) including its Chairman Mian Aamer Mehmood, Sultan Lakhani, Mir Ibrahim Rahman, Shakeel Masud Hussain and Tahir A Khan in Islamabad, Chaudhry said that efforts were underway to ensure that independent media progressed and prospered in an open and transparent manner.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed role of media towards safeguarding national and security interests, issues of national importance and the Axact case.
Talking to the delegation, the Chairman NAB asked the media heads to play their role and utilise the immense power of media to further national interests, safeguard social and religious values and prove a bulwark against the tide of corruption and malpractices.
The delegation raised its concerns regarding the progress into Axact scandal and said some media channels were being funded through dubious, untaxed and unverified money from abroad.
