He was speaking to the officers of NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Office during his visit to the city. He also reviewed performance of the regional office. The Chairman NAB said that business community play role of backbone in national development therefore they have all regard and respect for them. He said that separate desks have also been set up for redressing grievances of the business community at NAB headquarters and regional offices across the country.
He said that taking white collar crimes cases of mega corruption to logical conclusion is the top priority of National Accountability Bureau. NAB, he continued, is making sincere and strenuous efforts for eradication of corruption from the country and returning stolen money to the masses.
During the last 22 months, NAB has recovered embezzled money to the tune of Rs71 billion and deposited in national exchequer, he told participants of the meeting. The performance of NAB, he continued, has been appreciated by national and international institutes.
Earlier, NAB KP Chief, Fayyaz Ahmad Qureshi briefed NAB Chairman about performance of KP Bureau. Chairman NAB was also informed that NAB KP has recovered embezzled amount of Rs500 million during the last 22 months and distributed among the affectees.
Similarly, NAB KP has also recovered looted money through fake housing schemes in the province and returned back to the affectees. Chairman NAB was also briefed about progress of probe on cases of important nature like BRT, Billion Tree Tsunami, Malam Jabba Resort, BoK and others.