National Accountability Bureau Mission Its mission according to the official website: “ is to work to eliminate corruption through a comprehensive approach encompassing prevention, awareness, monitoring and combating. Description The National Accountability Bureau (Urdu: قومی دفتر احتساب; denoted as NAB) is a federal executive bureau of the Government of Pakistan, responsible and mandated for dealing with anti-corruption scandals, and also tasked with the gathering and managing the economic intelligence, and making efforts against the economic terrorism. It was established on November 16, 1999 with the promulgation of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999, immediately after the military coup by General Pervez Musharraf on October 12, 1999. The agency has its headquarters in Islamabad. General Information The bureau has two principal officers: the Chairman; and the Prosecutor General of Accountability in Pakistan. The Chairman is the head of investigation, and serves a four-year term. Lt-Gen Syed Mohammad Amjad was the first chairman of the bureau. Maj (R) Qamar Zaman is the current chairman. The Prosecutor General is the head of prosecution, and serves a three-year term. Additional Attorney General Karim Khan Agha is current Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 09:39:28 +0000
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