PM Imran praises NAB for recovering Rs 484 billion in last three years

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has praised the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for recovering 484 billion rupees in the last three years tenure of PTI.

On a social media website Twitter, Prime Minister Imran said, “NAB in last 3 yrs tenure of PTI (2018 – 2020) recovered Rs.484 bn, in contrast to only Rs 290 bn recovered during 1999 – 2017. When govt does not protect the criminals & lets investigation agencies & accountability work without interference, it shows in the results being achieved,” he added.

NAB in last 3 yrs tenure of PTI (2018 – 2020) recovered Rs.484 bn, in contrast to only Rs 290 bn recovered during 1999 – 2017. When govt does not protect the criminals & lets investigation agencies & accountability work without interference, it shows in the results being achieved

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 24, 2021

Earlier, the NAB had released its three-year performance report, showing a recovery of Rs. 484 billion. However, the report showed that since its formation in 1999, NAB recovered Rs. 714 billion with an overall conviction ratio of 68.8 percent.

Of the Rs. 484 billion recovered in the last three years, Rawalpindi NAB posted the highest collection, recovering Rs. 290 billion. Rawal­pindi NAB’s collections for 2018 stood at Rs. 287.29 million, for 2019 at Rs. 93.473 million, and for 2020 at Rs. 196.2 million.

NAB Rawalpindi, which investigates a majority of mega corruption cases, received 8,057 complaints in 2018. For 2019, this number was 8,727 in 2019, and for 2020, complaints stood at 4,287. Notably, all complaints were disposed of after due scrutiny, and presently no complaint is under process.

The report also pointed out that the complaint verifications authorized by NAB Rawalpindi in 2018 were 215, in 2019 it was 237, and in 2020 it was 255. Furthermore, it authorized 162 inquiries in 2018, 172 in 2019 and 179 in 2020, and 71 investigations in 2018, 83 in 2019, and 64 in 2020. It has filed 213 references in 2018, 233 in 2019, and 246 in 2020 in accountability courts.

About other offices of the NAB, the report showed the Lahore bureau to have received 10,211 complaints in 2018, 14,008 complaints in 2019, and 5,023 complaints in 2020, which were disposed of after due scrutiny.