The NAB has already filed several cases of corruption and accumulation of illegal assets in the court against Zardari and he has to face them, Brig Nasir pointed out.
Earlier, he said that conference on 'Combating Corruption in South Asia' would be held from November 25-27, in Lahore.
The objectives of the conference were to raise awareness at public and private levels about the impact of corruption in South Asia, to explore linkage between corruption and poverty with a view to improve anti-corruption methodology.
Other main objective of the moot is to explore possibilities of bilateral and regional cooperation. The NAB spokesman told reporters that the conference is a follow up on International Conference on UNCAC held at Islamabad in April 2004.
He said delegates from the South Asian countries, and some eminent international experts on the subject have been invited. Confirmations have been received from all the Saarc states with each sending a three-member delegation, headed by chairpersons/senior executives of respective national anti-corruption/accountability organisations.
During the conference, Brig Nasir added, keynote addresses would be delivered by international experts like Jeremy Pope (TIRI-UK), Kamal Hussain (Bangladesh), Desmond Fernando (Sri Lanka), and Barrister Shahzadi Beg (UK).
The three days of deliberations are expected to assist the participants in enhancing their comprehension of the problem at local and regional levels, broadening their knowledge about modern anti-corruption methods, the NAB spokesman concluded.
Pakistan, like other developing countries of the World, is faced with the challenge of ensuring human dignity, a better quality of life and economic prosperity for its 150 million citizens.
Poor governance and resultant corruption in the public and private sectors have been the main retarding factors in the quest for achieving these goals.
It was in this context that clean and efficient governance system appeared as one of the main objectives of the government of General Pervez Musharraf in 1999. Since then, landmark changes in the accountability and anti-corruption apparatus have been put in place.
These changes include a modern and effective law in the shape of National Accountability Ordinance, formation of National Accountability Bureau, formulation of the national anti-corruption strategy and centralisation of the anti-corruption operation with one agency at the federal level.