ISLAMABAD: Chairman NAB former Justice Javed Iqbal has said that logical conclusion of white collar crimes mega corruption cases is the top most priority of the NAB.
NAB had received 53,643 complaints in 2019. Of which 42,760 had been concluded. NAB had received 48,591 complaints in 2018. Out of which 41,414 had been completed. The increase in the receipt of complaints to NAB about corruption related matters have shown increased in people confidence over the NAB.
He said that in 2019, 1,308 complaint verifications were conducted. While 1,686 inquiries, 609 investigations were completed. The NAB had recovered Rs363 billion from the corrupt elements and deposited into national exchequer. The overall conviction ratio is about 68.8 percent which is achievement as comparing to other matching institutions.
NAB has so far deposited Rs466.069 billion in the national exchequer. The new system of Combined Investigation Team (CIT) has also been put in place to take benefit from collective wisdom of experienced officers including Director, Additional Director, Investigation officers, Legal Consultant and Land Revenue experts for effective investigations. NAB Rawalpindi has established forensic laboratory having facilities of question documents and finger prints' analysis.-PR
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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