ISLAMABAD – The Chief of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Justice(retd) Javed Iqbal presided over a high level meeting here at NABHeadquarter on Tuesday. In the three months since taking charge, the newchairman of the apex anti-corruption watchdog has turned its eye towardsthe ‘big fish’.
The meeting reviewed quarterly performance report issued by the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB), it noted that ever since Justice (retd) JavedIqbal had been appointed to the body on October 11, 2017, — NAB has beenturned into an active and effective institution.
From the first day, the NAB chief had directed officials to completeinquiries, investigations within the stipulated period of ten months.With a slogan of “accountability for all”, Justice Iqbal had warned theofficers of the body of serious consequences should they fail to completeinvestigations within the stipulated time period. He had also soughtreports of mega corruption cases within three months.
During this time, the NAB chief has taken notice of various complaints andordered inquiries on several key issues including reports of corruption inthe Multan metro project, corruption in 56 public limited companies,existence of 435 offshore companies by Pakistanis in Panama and the BritishVirgin Islands, corruption in the construction and expansion of the KachhiKanal, and money plundered by housing societies.
Moreover, the accountability body had also arrested 15 absconders. As aresult of the action, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA), theIslamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and the Capital Development Authority(CDA) have started placing details of illegal housing societies on websiteapart from informing the people about these societies throughadvertisements.