ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country’s topanti-corruption organisation, on Tuesday approved transfers of fourofficials with immediate effect.
According to a press release, Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal hastransferred Brigadier (retd) Farooq Naser Awan as Director General (DG)Training and Research, Irfan Naeem Mangi as DG NAB Rawalpindi, Nasir Iqbalas DG Awareness and Prevention NAB (A&P) and Farmanullah as DG NAB K-P.
A notification for the transfers was also released by the NAB, said thepress release.
The chairman NAB also asked the officers to perform their duties as per thelaw. He insisted that the officers must evaluate the complaints, inquiriesand investigations with the set deadlines and according to the law and onthe basis of evidence.
Justice Javed Iqbal said it the priority of the NAB that the menace ofcorruption is rooted out from the country.
Last year too, the NAB transferred a number of senior officers, primarilyfrom its Rawalpindi and Sukkur bureaus. In 2016, the NAB had ordered abroad reshuffle of top officials throughout the country.
The NAB is charged with the responsibility of elimination of corruptionthrough a holistic approach of awareness, prevention and enforcement.
It operates under the National Accountability Ordinance-1999. With itsheadquarter at Islamabad, it has seven regional offices at Karachi, Lahore,Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Multan and Sukkur.
It takes cognizance of all offences falling within the NationalAccountability Ordinance (NAO).