National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lahore has managed recoveries of Rs 29930.401 million from corrupt elements during 2019. Out of this amount Rs 2781.401 million were recovered as direct recovery while Rs 27149 million have been recovered as indirect recovery.
During 2019, as many as 73 accused persons entered into plea bargain with NAB Lahore with the approval of courts and returned the looted money. NAB Lahore's Intelligence Wing nabbed around 138 accused persons over securing substantial evidences against them in corruption scams.
NAB, Lahore has released annual performance report for year 2019. NAB has been proactively pursuing the policy of "accountability for all." As per report, NAB Lahore collectively received more than 13,000 applications pertaining to corruption and mismanagement from different circles of society from which 235 complaint verifications (CVs) were authorized during 2019, whereas, major number of complaints received with NAB Lahore proved to be away from NAB's domain and ultimately got cancelled while around 122 complaints were referred to other departments.
About 72 CVs were upgraded into inquiry level while 52 CVs of the total were closed down during the scrutiny process. At the same time, direct Inquiries were also authorized over 28 complaints, whereas, at the end of 2019 138 CVs are underway in NAB Lahore. In past years, NAB Lahore has been receiving 4000 Complaints average per year and increased number of Complaints depicts public trust over NAB.
NAB Executive Board authorized 100 fresh Inquiries in 2019. About 75 Inquiries were closed down or referred to other Departments, whereas, two Inquiries were merged into other ongoing cases.
During 2019, 5 direct investigations were authorized and another 31 Inquiries were also upgraded into Investigation level. Currently, at the end of 2019, a total of 194 Inquiries are being probed in NAB Lahore.
NAB Lahore investigation teams have authorized 36 Investigations during 2019, whereas, 49 investigations were transferred from last year into 2019. One ongoing Investigation was completed through holding plea bargain while 25 corruption references were filed into accountability courts after completing their Investigations.
Executive Board closed five investigations in 2019. Moreover, at the end of current year total 55 Investigations are underway in NAB Lahore.
NAB Lahore's Prosecution Wing filed a total of 55 references in accountability courts from which 25 References were of 18(g) 'Corruption Reference' and other 30 references were of 25(b) as 'plea bargain'.
More than 12,400 affectees were benefitted in the shape of cash disbursement and possession of property.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
Comments
Comments are closed.