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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
NAB to form committee to open pending cases* Chairman orders expeditious disposal of cases pending for less than three years
ISLAMABAD: A committee will be formed to open pending cases in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) offices.
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NAB Chairman Chaudhry Qamar Zaman has decided to constitute the special committee. This committee, headed by the deputy chairman and consisting of the additional prosecutor general accountability (APGA), director general (operations) and two other DGs, will start functioning immediately after Eid holidays and ensure expeditious disposal of all cases pending for over three years.
The chairman has directed the directors general of all regional offices of NAB to ensure expeditious disposal of cases pending for less than three years. While chairing briefings on Awareness and Prevention (A&P) division, Training and Evaluation Wing and Media Wing of NAB, the NAB chairman said that enforcement is one aspect which has been associated with NAB, whereas Awareness and Prevention should also be emphasised. Zaman agreed that enforcement deals with the past crimes, prevention tackles imminent ones, whereas awareness eradicates prospects of future corruption.
The chairman was apprised that under the prevention and procurement regimes, from March 2012 to August 2013, NAB Awareness and Prevention has intervened in 509 projects and procurements amounting to Rs 1,672 billion, saving more than Rs 300 billion in possible losses to the national exchequer. Zaman reiterated that all the NAB employees should rest assured that their grievances and problems would be addressed promptly and on merit. He said that the newly recruited workforce should be groomed as assets for the organisation and they must be given special attention during specialised trainings during their attachment with regional NAB offices.
The chairman said the newly recruited officers must be attached with regional NAB offices on merit and without gender discrimination. He noted that career advancement is an integral part of any officer’s life. However, officers need to be groomed and imparted training before being considered for promotion; on lines similar to those laid down for bureaucrats in other government services. Taking note of a media report on the absence of the NAB prosecutor from court proceedings on Monday, the chairman took necessary disciplinary action. agencies