ISLAMABAD – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Retd)Javed Iqbal Tuesday said the Bureau had planned to approach the HigherEducation Commission (HEC) for using its library for future benefit of NABprosecutors.
Chairing a fortnightly meeting to review performance of NAB’s operation,prosecution and all regional bureaus of the NAB, he said E-Library havingmore than 50,000 electronic books related to Law Journals, yearly lawreports and monthly law reports etc has already been established at NABHeadquarters, said a press release.
He said NAB has devised and implemented an effective Monitoring andEvaluation System (MES) at its Headquarters and all Regional Bureaus toreview their performance in qualitative and quantitative terms. The systemhas proved very successful in enhancing the performance of all Divisions ofNAB including Regional Bureaus.
The chairman directed all DGs to monitor conduct of complaintverifications, inquiries and investigations as per prescribed time frame sothat corrupt should be brought to justice as per law.
He said NAB was committed to nab corrupt elements, proclaimed offenders andabsconders. The Bureau has established libraries at its Headquarters andall Regional Bureaus to facilitate investigation officers and prosecutorsin collection of relevant information for expeditious disposal of cases.
The meeting was informed that prosecution division of the Bureau wasproviding legal assistance to the operations division through close workingrelationship.
All regional bureaus of NAB conducting complaint verifications, inquiries,investigations and pleading cases in accountability courts, high courts aslaid down standard operating procedures (SOPs).
It was informed that NAB has rationalized its workload and timelines havebeen prescribed for efficient, effective and expeditious disposal of cases.NAB was the only organization which has prescribed a maximum time limit of10 months for expeditious disposal of mega corruption white collar crimecases which was a challenging task but the Bureau was committed to beat theclock by putting hard work and ensuring corruption free Pakistan.
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The NAB has also introduced Combine Investigation Team (CIT) system inorder to benefit from the experience and collective wisdom of seniorsupervisory officers.
The Bureau filed record 630 corruption references in respectedaccountability courts during a year.
The NAB chairman directed all investigation officers to have a case diaryof each case which would be helpful for them in improving the quality ofinvestigation.
During the meeting, it was informed that on the directions of NAB chairman,the prosecution division has been revamped by inducting experienced legalconsultants/special prosecutors.
A mechanism of handling of witnesses has been established in all theregional bureaus of NAB and the result of this intervention is veryencouraging.
Due to constant deliberations, monitoring and performance analysis ofProsecution Division, the overall conviction ratio is approximately 70percent in the respected Accountability Courts which is one of the bestconviction ratio.
