ISLAMABAD – In a first, PTI government proposed merger of FIA and NAB intoa single agency.
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday called forthe merger of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB) into a single agency.
“Countries usually have only one premier investigation agency at thefederal level. USA has FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), India has CBI(Central Bureau of Investigation). We need to merge FIA and NAB,” hetweeted.
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Countries usually have only one premier investigation agency at federallevel USA has FBI, India has CBI we need to merge FIA and NAB butopposition n Govt must talk on how to ensure confidence of working of suchagency link …linkMansoor Ali Khan✔@_Mansoor_Ali
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Chaudhry also called for talks between the opposition and the government toensure that such an agency could be formed.
The minister tweeted in response to a news story tweeted by journalistMansoor Ali Khan. The story had reported that the newly passed NABOrdinance by the government will empower the FIA.
Currently, the two bodies are separate entities but their jurisdictions andoperations overlap in some areas.
NAB, according to its website, is an independent body tasked witheliminating corruption “through a holistic approach of awareness,prevention and enforcement”.
