National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Lieutenant General Munir Hafiz said Pakistan was committed to strictly following international laws and regulations for establishment of good governance and a corruption-free society.
"We are proud of taking lead to this direction and made a considerable progress to check money-laundering and other cases of financial mismanagement", he said while talking to APP here on Tuesday.
Munir Hafiz was here to attend the annual steering committees meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The committee members from 25 regional countries and other international organisations appreciated the initiatives taken by Pakistan to check financial and administrative wrong doings in various sectors.
The steps, he said helped to improve the country's image abroad. "We are now ranked very high, most of the steps being taken in Pakistan have been acknowledged by all member countries who attended the two-day steering committee's meeting which concluded on Tuesday.
Other detailed meeting will follow it on various corruption issues, to be held during next three days.
That is his firm belief that Pakistani nation is not so corrupt as some people propagate, the NAB Chairman said adding, "There are many other countries that are much worse than us."
However, the government and NAB fully realised the need of doing much more, taking other legal and administrative steps for ensuring transparency in financial matters, he said.
About corruption, Lieutenant General Munir Hafiz said it was mostly because of mismanagement and lack of implementation of relevant rules and regulations. There is no dearth of political will and commitment in Pakistan to do the right things, he said adding NAB enjoyed the support of President Pervez Musharraf and his government to make its task successful.
Comments
Comments are closed.