Chairman NAB visits KP bureau, reviews performance of regional office

PESHAWAR, Sep 17 (APP):Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Justice (R) Javed Iqbal Tuesday visited NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa office and reviewed performance of the regional office.
Chairing the meeting Justice (Rtd) Javed Iqbal 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 Rs. 71 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.
He said that KP NAB is an important regional bureau which played key role in the overall performance of accountability organization. Its performance negated the impression that NAB KP was not doing any work.