ISLAMABAD: NAB Chairman Justice Javed Iqbal (retd) said the NAB is focal organisation of Pakistan under United National Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as Pakistan is signatory to the UNCAC.
“The NAB has been rejuvenated and its procedures have perfected besides transforming the NAB into a vibrant and reputable organisation,” he said Tuesday while chairing a meeting to review latest overall performance of the anti-graft body at the NAB headquarters.
The NAB chairman said during 2019, the initiatives taken by the present management of the NAB for eradication of corruption and to nab corrupt especially to aware people and youth in universities/colleges at large about the ill- effects of corruption have proved very successful which are continuing in 2020 as per law.
He said NAB’s faith is corruption-free Pakistan which is in line with its national anti-corruption strategy of awareness, prevention and enforcement. He said World Economic Forum report lauded the NAB’s efforts to making people aware of ill-effects of corruption in order to make corruption-free Pakistan under the Global Competitiveness Index, 2019. He said logical conclusion of modarba/musharka cases are the top most priority of the NAB in order to recover looted money of thousands of innocent people and to return them as soon as possible.
During the meeting, it was informed that the accountability court in Islamabad has awarded 14 years sentence, fine of Rs67 million to Ghulam Rasool Ayubi and Najamuddin in modarba case.
The accused Ghulam Rasool Ayubi and Najamuddin had been found guilty and all charges against the accused persons were proved true. The accountability court also ordered to forfeit property of both the accused.
Subsequently in other case, the accountability court, Islamabad, awarded 10 years imprisonment and Rs9 billion fine to Mufti Ehsanul Haq while nine other co-accused were imposed Rs1 billion fine.
