ISLAMABAD – Chairman, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Justice (Retd)Javed Iqbal has said the Bureau would continue playing its role forpreventing corruption in important projects including China PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC).

The Chairman, who visited Balochistan Bureau to review its performance,said CPEC guarantees country’s economic progress and prosperity. He saidprogress in Balochistan would have far reaching impacts on national economy.

The Chairman said corruption in pat feeder canal would be unearthed andpeople responsible will be identified while looted money would berecovered. NAB would continue to apprehend culprits and deposit lootedmoney in national exchequer. This would increase foreign exchange to helpcomplete important projects in time.

He directed to take corruption cases to logical conclusion and added lootedmoney of Balochistan people has been recovered and returned to provincialgovernment.

The Chairman said NAB does not have any link with elections. Mandate of NABis to apprehend the culprits without any discrimination. NAB has so fardeposited record Rs. 296 billion after recovering from the corrupt.

The elimination of corruption would expedite economic activities. Thiswould make Balochistan prosperous and country as well.

Reiterating zero tolerance policy against corruption, Justice Javed Iqbalsaid NAB would continue pursuing Accountability for all. Terming corruptionas main curse plaguing the country, he said NAB would continue actionsagainst the corrupt besides enhancing awareness about the corruption ineducational institutions.

NAB has already started campaign to aware people, especially youth aboutevil effects of corruption as youth is our future and can play importantrole in elimination of corruption.

He said performance of NAB Balochistan under supervision of DirectorGeneral is satisfactory.

He directed NAB officials to complete complaint verifications, inquiriesand investigations within prescribed time frame so that the looted moneycould be promptly recovered from the corrupt and deposited in nationalexchequer. – APP