NAB chairman Javed Iqbal chaired a high-level meeting at NAB Headquarters and reviewed overall progress since after he took over the responsibilities of NAB chairman. He expressed his satisfaction over the performance of NAB and directed operations and prosecution divisions to make all-out efforts to conclude all ongoing complaint verifications, inquiries and investigations within the prescribed time frame after collecting concrete and solid evidence as per law, said a press release issued here on Friday.
He said the policy of 'Accountability for All' is being followed in letter and spirit across the board and now accountability is seen to be done. The corrupt are being dealt with iron hands as eradication of corruption from the country is the top priority of the NAB. He directed the NAB officers to perform their duties in accordance with law without caring about the position and status of the accused. The NAB chief took strict notice of some public sector departments which are not submitting the copies of contracts of Rs 50 million or above to the NAB as per law for scrutiny and review. As per law, all public sector departments are duty bound to submit the copies of contracts of Rs 50 million or above to the NAB including details of procurements and tendering process so that the NAB may review and securitize the transparency in the execution of the projects under its prevention regime as per NAO, 1999.
The NAB chairman has directed all DGs of NAB to ensure submission of copies of all contracts of Rs 50 million or above from public sector departments comes under their areas of jurisdiction to NAB as per law. Strict action would be taken against the failure officers as per law.-PR
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