Summary Bureau’s officials should not care about any browbeating or threatening languages
LAHORE (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Tuesday said that every designation ends outside the Bureau’s office and everyone would be dealt according to the law.
Addressing the NAB officers/officials during his second consecutive visit to Bureau’s Lahore office, he directed to complete all investigations of cases referred by the Supreme Court of Pakistan with letter and spirit.
Justice (r) Javed Iqbal said that the verdicts of the Supreme Court, High Courts and Accountability Courts would be implemented in letter and spirit. He further vowed to continue anti-graft body’s role in elimination of corruption with nation’s support.
The Bureau’s officials should not care about any browbeating or threatening languages, he said and added that they should concentrate on concluding the cases being investigated against the culprits as the whole nation looks towards NAB for elimination of corruption.
The NAB chairman said that all accused were equal before law, adding NAB had nothing to do with general elections. “NAB will take stern action against plunderers of national wealth and will recover all the looted money from the corrupt and deposit the same to national exchequer”, he maintained.
He directed the officers to conduct Complaint Verification (CV), Inquiries and Investigations on merit with honesty and transparency besides ensuring concrete evidence and according to the law of the land. “NAB had recovered Rs 2,200 million from corrupt elements during last seven months,” he said.
