National Accountability Bureau Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal said on Wednesday that the institution does not work to constrain the bureaucracy and exists to assist its functioning. The Chairman NAB expressed these views while addressing federal secretaries in Islamabad on Wednesday.
While addressing bureaucracy members in Islamabad, the chairman NAB said that the probe body was termed a dead institution but it got successful in proving its importance. He said NAB was trying to ease the work of bureaucracy and turned down the propaganda that bureaucracy had stopped work due to fear and insecurity.
When the institutions are strong then the country gets stronger too, said Iqbal, adding that bureaucracy is tantamount to backbone of the country and plays an important role in progress.
“I am well aware of the issues of the bureaucracy, earlier it was propagated that the bureaucracy stopped working due to the NAB… In thousands of cases, the ones against the bureaucracy were non-existent. This propaganda was meant to put the blame on the NAB and to discourage the bureaucracy.”
He said that the bureaucracy and NAB are not related to any political party, government and group.
Javed Iqbal added that the eradication of corruption from the country is a joint responsibility of every countryman. Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal said that at present there is supremacy of law and constitution in the country and bureaucracy should not accept any political pressure.
He said we have to work in the larger interest of people and the country.
The Chairman NAB said NAB is working on the policy “Accountability for All” without any discrimination and no injustice will be done with anyone.
Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal said that bureaucracy is playing an active and significant role in the progress and development of the country.
The chairman said that he was trying to make NAB an independent organization. Earlier, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal on January 28, had stressed need for rooting out the menace of corruption for the uplift of the country.
Published in Daily Times, January 31st 2019.
