QUETTA:Director General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Balochistan, Farmanullah Khan has said that NAB is committed to eradicating all forms of corruption through its Awareness, Prevention and Enforcement regimes. “Thanks to NAB’s intervention, it has become possible to procure low cost, quality medicines and medical equipments after a long time in Balochistan.
He was addressing a seminar organized by the Provincial government with collaboration with NAB with regards to the International Anti-Corruption Day here at Sikandar Jamali Auditorium, Balochistan Civil Secretariat, Quetta here on Tuesday.
Advisor to CM on Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Ziaullah Lango, Senior Member, Board of Revenue, Baluchistan, Akbar Harifal, Secretary, Services and General Administration Department (S and GAD), Hashim Ghilzai, Vice Chancellor, Balochistan University, Shafiqul Rehman, former Senator Roshan Khurshid Barocha, Vice Chairperson, HRCP, Habib Tahir and Provincial Secretaries were also present on the occasion
Addressing the participants, DG NAB said that “Investigation of white collar crime is considered as a difficult task all over the world. However, NAB has fulfilled this responsibility very well. The proportion of convictions in NAB cases since inception has been more than 60%.
DG, NAB, Balochistan informed the participants that NAB is in contact with the provincial government to eliminate corruption and remove flaws leading to the wastage of national resources in PSDP with regard to major uplift projects. Similarly, steps are afoot to bring about reforms in Balochistan Tax Board end illegal allotment in the port city of Gwadar.
Addressing the officers, he said that NAB has no other option but to summon officers in various cases, however, honest officers should co-operate in this regard. About the NAB’s awareness campaign he said that NAB was inciting hatred against corruption among the people by holding seminars, lectures and setting up the character building associations. These measures are yielding fruitful results.
He said that some elements are suffering from the cancer of corruption and their treatment is possible only through surgery of enforcement regime of NAB. “Those elements who do not give up will be dealt severely under NAO,” he maintained.