The Bureau has also arrested 32 accused persons so far in the scam, Director General NAB, Zahir Shah said this while addressing a seminar on Budgetary Allocation and Role of Anti- Corruption Agencies here.
He said the Bureau under leadership of its Chairman, Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has chalked out a comprehensive strategy - National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) besides Enforcement, Awareness and Prevention Strategy and added under this NAB has recovered Rs. 262 billion since its inception and deposited in national exchequer.
He said NAB has received 270,675 complaints, authorized 5,872 inquiries, 2,908 cases were converted into investigations and 2,159 references were filed in different Accountability Courts throughout the country.
The independent watch dogs like PLIDAT and Transparency International have appreciated Pakistan's efforts to curb corruption, he added.
On the occasion, Prosecutor General Accountability (PGA) NAB, Waqas Qadeer Khan said Bureau was embarked on course to eradicate scourge of corruption, adding that it is determined to perform its duties with absolute professionalism transparently on merit as per laid down laws.