Most refere­nces from Lahore pendin­g, least from Sukkur­ISLAMABAD: There are around 1,138 corruption references which are currently pending in different accountability courts of the country and the apex anti-corruption watchdog wants the cases to be heard early to recover looted money. A high-level meeting at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) headquarters on Tuesday was told that 347 corruption references from the Lahore Bureau were currently under trial. Moreover, 275 references were from NAB Karachi, 185 references were from NAB Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 97 were from NAB Balochistan, 171 were from NAB Rawalpindi, 34 references were from NAB Multan and 29 corruption references were from NAB Sukkur. “These investigations, inquiries — after a set process was defined — are submitted to the relevant accountability courts in the shape of corruption references,” he said. The system has proved to be quite successful and all regional bureaus work more diligently and on merit to compete with other regional bureaus.

Source: The Express Tribune December 27, 2017 05:15 UTC