NAB recovered over Rs 480 bn in 10 years, law ministry tells Senate
The Ministry of Law and Justice Friday submitted a written reply in the Senate.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Ministry of Law and Justice Friday submitted a written reply in the Senate in which the Upper House was told that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) recovered over Rs 480 billion in the past ten years.
Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani chaired the session. The law ministry told that the anti-corruption watchdog recovered the amount as plea bargain and in cases of bank default from 2011 to October 2020.
The anti-graft body directly recovered over Rs 46.38 billion and more than Rs 395 billion from other sources. Over Rs 248 billion were collected in 2020 – the most in the decade. NAB Lahore collected the maximum amount (over Rs 10.89 billion).
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan said the anti-corruption watchdog did historic recoveries in the past two years which is unprecedented.
