The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) plans forensic training for its senior yet to be appointed investigators through an international agency, informed sources revealed to this correspondent. "NAB will appoint 350 investigators and would send some of these new recruits for forensic training abroad, because presently the country's top anticorruption body has no forensic experts", an official said.
He added that at present NAB is referring cases requiring forensic expertise to the Islamabad police and other investigation agencies. "NAB has so far not selected any international agency that would train its new official recruits but plans to send them abroad for forensic training", he said. The official said that the main objective of the decision to provide training to NAB officials in forensic investigation is to enable them to investigate white collar crimes.
The process of appointment of more than 350 investigation officers in NAB has been delayed because of litigation as some applicants obtained stay orders from the Islamabad High Court, he added. The Bureau received applications in November 2011 but despite the passage of 14 months the recruitment process is yet to be completed.
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