National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal, said that corruption is a technique adopted just to bypass the rule of law and engulf the whole system into socio-economic turmoil.
In a statement, he said corruption, being the root cause of almost all ills, gives birth to multifarious problems including nepotism, favoritism, and negating meritocracy, transparency, and accountability, he said in a statement.
The Chairman NAB said that due to the initiatives taken by the present management of NAB, eradication of corruption has become the voice of the whole nation. Transparency International Pakistan has also appreciated NAB’s performance whereas in the survey conducted by Gillani and Gallop, 59 percent of people have shown trust in NAB.
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He said that NAB has a mandate to carry out Awareness activities functions against corruption in pursuance of Section 33C of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO). Under NAB’s Awareness and Prevention campaign across the country, NAB has been engaging different Governmental, Non-Governmental Organizations, media, Civil Society and other segments of society in order to aware people at large.
During 2020, NAB’s Awareness campaign was effectively highlighted by the Media Wing of NAB in print and electronic media free of cost without spending any Budget of NAB on media campaign.
Chairman NAB, said that all ATM machines of scheduled Banks carry NAB’s message “Say No to Corruption” across the country in order to aware people about the ill effects of corruption.
NAB and Higher Education Commission (HEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating awareness amongst the students of various Universities and Colleges. Due to this collaboration, over 50, thousands Character Building Societies have been established in various Universities and Colleges across the country so that students may be aware about the ill effects of corruption at an early age.
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— Mir Mohammad Alikhan (@MirMAKOfficial) April 11, 2021
NAB and SNGPL, IESCO, LESCO, GEPCO, FESCO and K-Electric join hands to print NAB messages in order to disseminate awareness about the ill effects of corruption.
IESCO and other organizations have started printing NAB messages on electricity bills and gas bills.
NAB’s collaborations
NAB in Collaboration with PTA has disseminated the NAB message “Say No to Corruption to all mobile phone subscribers across the country through different mobile phone companies at the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day in order to aware people belonging to all segments of society about the ill effects of corruption.
NAB in Collaboration with the Federal Film Censor Board continuously aired NAB’s video message on “Say No to Corruption in all Cinema Houses of the country. NAB’s initiative has been appreciated by the public at large but due to COVID-19, all cinemas are closed.
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NAB message “Say No to Corruption” is being printed on all government tenders issued for publication in newspapers in Balochistan and Gilgit Baltistan.
Justice Javed Iqbal has said that NAB strongly believes in Zero Tolerance Policy against Corruption. NAB’s Anti-corruption campaign is carried widely for awareness and prevention of corruption besides enforcement across the board during 2020.
With the excellent feedback received about NAB’s effective and proactive Awareness and prevention campaign, NAB has decided to continue its nationwide Awareness and Prevention campaign free of cost during 2021 in order to aware people of the ill effects of corruption.
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He said that NAB hopes that joint efforts of all stakeholders can collaborate to check corruption and corrupt practices before happening with the help of all stakeholders, civil society, media, and people at large.
Courtesy: APP