QUETTA: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said that the bureau had recovered Rs 260 billion from bureaucrats, politicians and others during last 15 years in the country.
Addressing a press conference in Quetta on Wednesday, he claimed that currently NAB was conducting inquiries into 941 cases, investigating 624 cases and has filed 705 references against bureaucrats and politicians.
"No pressure on the part of present government in filing references against corrupt elements," Qamar Zaman Chaudhry said. He however claimed that the corruption ratio was decreased during last one year across the country.
The NAB chairman stated that corruption cases against Mian brothers were under trial in Lahore Court, adding that cases were filed against them by NAB in the past.
"Currently we have disposed off and closed more than 200 cases," he added, saying that a high powered committee was established to look into old corruption cases since 1999 to 2013.
He said that the bureau had closed corruption cases of former PML-N, MNA, Mir Atif Sanjrani and Aslam Bizenjo and decided to file a corruption reference against former Nazim Quetta Mir Maqbool Ahmed Lehri.
"NAB has recovered Rs 1350 million in Balochistan," he said.
When asked about any corruption case against any media house in the country, the Chairman said, "no, no NAB is not conducting any corruption case against any media house".
He however clarified that it was not under the jurisdiction of NAB to probe against judiciary and military.
Director General NAB Balochistan, Syed Khalid Iqbal on the occasion informed that investigation into delayed construction of Zhob-Mir Ali Khail road, Quetta Water project and other development projects was underway.
"We initiate evidence-based inquiries," he said, adding that NAB's first and foremost job was to get evidence and then probe into that case.