ISLAMABAD, JAN 20 (DNA)-: Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that NAB is absolutely committed to nab corrupt elements and recover looted money from them by using all resources across the board and with iron hands as per law.

He directed all DGs of NAB to proceed against proclaimed offenders and absconders so that they should be brought to justice as per law.

He said that corruption is mother of all evils. Eradication of corruption is not only our national duty but is top most priority of NAB.

NAB officers to double their efforts to eradicate corruption by adopting “Accountability for All” Policy to root out corruption from the country with iron hands.

He said that NAB’s main focus is on mega corruption cases misuse of authority, money laundering and embezzlement of state funds, cases of cheating public, assets from known sources of income, housing societies/cooperative societies, bank frauds, willful bank loan defaults etc. Since inception, NAB’s major achievement is recovery of Rs. 297/- billion of ill-gotten money from corrupt elements which was deposited in the national exchequer.

NAB’s operational methodology comprises of complaint verification, inquiry and investigation. He said that NAB has established its first state of the Art Forensic Science LAB in NAB Rawalpindi which has facilities of Digital Forensics, Questioned Documents and Fingerprint Analysis.

He said that NAB has introduced Combine Investigation Team (CIT) system in order to benefit from the collective wisdom of senior supervisory officers.

This is not only lending quality to the work but also ensuring that no single individual can influence the official proceedings of NAB. A monitoring system has been put placed to monitor the performance of NAB officers on regular basis as NAB strongly believes in self Accountability.=DNA

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