Tag: NAB

  • NAB Discloses Huge Capital Outflow Seeking Citizenship Abroad

    NAB Discloses Huge Capital Outflow Seeking Citizenship Abroad

    Karachi, February 12, 2025 – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday revealed alarming statistics regarding capital outflows, highlighting that a significant number of Pakistanis had moved abroad last year, transferring substantial sums to secure foreign citizenship.

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  • NAB to Drop Unnecessary Cases Against Business Community

    NAB to Drop Unnecessary Cases Against Business Community

    Karachi, January 16, 2024 – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has taken a positive step towards fostering a supportive environment for the business community by agreeing to drop unnecessary cases.

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  • President Alvi retains major penalty on NAB official

    President Alvi retains major penalty on NAB official

    ISLAMABAD: The President of Pakistan, Dr. Arif Alvi, has rejected the appeal of a NAB official to set aside the major penalty awarded to him over unlawful communication of official information for benefits of corruption.

    He also directed NAB to proceed against other officers involved in such cases and if found guilty punish them for doing corruption within the very institution that was responsible for controlling corruption.

    READ MORE: President Alvi directs bank to refund unfair recovery

    Noman Iqbal, Assistant Private Secretary (BS-16) had been awarded the major penalty of “reduction to a lower post for a period of five years” after it was proven that he copied and shared official information with unauthorized individuals.

    National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Karachi had conducted a fact-finding inquiry, based on a source report, under which confidential record was found in the mobile phone of appellant, which he was otherwise not authorized to hold.

    READ MORE: President Alvi rejects FBR plea in maladministration cases

    NAB had recommended initiating disciplinary proceedings against Iqbal. Initially, the matter was probed by Chairman Inspection and Monitoring Team, NAB (HQ), which revealed that Iqbal was involved in unlawful communication of official information inside and outside NAB in connivance with two other officials of NAB, Karachi.

    An inquiry committee was also constituted to probe into the matter that found the appellant guilty on charges of “misconduct” and “disclosure of official secrets”.

    A forensic analysis of appellant’s phone also found chats and documents which proved that he had copied and shared information with unauthorized individuals. Afterwards, Iqbal was awarded the penalty of reduction to a lower post for five years and two other officers involved were also penalized.

    READ MORE: Dr. Alvi orders action over misconduct with 82-year taxpayer

    Iqbal then submitted an appeal to the President, being the Appellate Authority, under NAB Employees Services Rules (TCS-2002) to set aside the major penalty.

    Chairman NAB through a summary, circulated through the Ministry of Law and Justice and endorsed by the Prime Minister, requested that the appeal of Iqbal may be rejected. President Dr Arif Alvi upheld the original decision on the grounds that Iqbal had not provided any cogent reason or additional justification to recall the earlier decision of major penalty.

    READ MORE: Dr. Alvi rejects banker’s plea in woman harassment case

    He emphasized that for such individuals this penalty does not do justice and wished that the punishment should have been harsher. “I direct NAB to complete the investigation against other officers involved and if found guilty punish them for the wrong done to the country and tarnishing its image,” the President noted while rejecting the appeal.

  • President upholds major penalty for NAB senior official

    President upholds major penalty for NAB senior official

    ISLAMABAD: Dr. Arif Alvi, the President of Pakistan, has upheld the major penalty of dismissal from service to a senior official of National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

    President Dr Arif Alvi while rejecting the appeal of ex-Assistant Director NAB, Muhammad Umair has asked the NAB to prosecute him to the maximum extent of the law on account of him being guilty of grave “inefficiency and misconduct”, and stealing 15 original deeds of property in reference no. 15/2019 (State v/s Sharjeel Inam Memon & Others).

    The President upheld the maximum service punishment in law of “major penalty” of “dismissal from service”, which he considers definitely not enough considering the crime involved, a press release issued by the President’s Media Wing here on Monday said. Muhamamd Umair, ex-Assistant Director (AD), had submitted an appeal to the President of Pakistan against the orders of Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) imposing a major penalty of “Removal from Service”.

    Rejecting the appeal, the President stated that it was a case of blatant corruption, and was tantamount to throwing mud in the eyes of the people of Pakistan who had been betrayed. He said that Pakistan had suffered a great deal because of corrupt looters and plunderers, adding that so-called accidental fires destroy entire floors to remove every bit of evidence.

    The President added that documents were stolen even in foreign countries where corruption of Pakistani politicians was being investigated.

    According to the details, NAB had taken possession of 15 original deeds of property from the Secretary of Sharjeel Memon, Izhar Hussain, at the time of his arrest from his house in April 2019.

    Subsequently, the documents were kept in a steel Almirah in NAB which had been specifically provided to ex-Assistant Director, who was made the sole custodian of these documents.

    On 18th August 2020, the Defense Counsel claimed before the court that NAB did not possess the original documents, in response to which Umair promised to bring them to court the following day.

    On 19th August, the appellant told the court that he had lost the record in his office.

    This lapse resulted in the instant relief and granting of post-arrest bails to the accused persons.

    According to the fact-finding report, all the record was present but only the most important 15 original documents were removed cleverly from the file and were recovered only after pressure was brought upon the NAB official.

    NAB had recommended an immediate suspension of Umair, along with initiation of disciplinary proceedings under NAB Employees Terms and Conditions of Service (TCS) 2000 and proceeding under section 31(a) of National Accountability Ordinance, 1999. He was placed under suspension for three months with effect from 03-09-2020.

    In the light of the report of the Fact-Finding Inquiry Committee, it was decided to proceed against the officer under clause 11.05(2) of NAB’s TCS-2002 and issued him the show cause notice. After the fulfillment of legal requirements, Chairman NAB, on the recommendations of the Authorized Officer, awarded a major penalty of “Removal from Service” on Muhammad Umair under clause 11.03(1) (b) (iii) of NAB Employees Services Rules (TCS 2002).

    Subsequently, the ex-Assistant Director submitted an appeal to the President of Pakistan on 28-07-2021. While rejecting the appeal of Umair, President Dr Arif Alvi stated that the incident was shocking and documents were missing not as an accident but by deliberate action of a very corrupt official of NAB.

    He expressed surprise over the timing of the theft, adding that the theft was clever and the file was not lost.

    He observed that theft could not have been done by any outsider but only by someone who was totally aware of the entire case.

    The President said that it was very painful case for him and the criminal action caused huge damage of billions of rupees to Pakistan, besides betraying our trust and exchanging it for corrupt money.

    “I, therefore, reject the appeal and urge NAB to prosecute the individual to the best of its abilities”, the President noted.

  • IRS officers to be deputed in NAB

    IRS officers to be deputed in NAB

    ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Monday asked officers of Inland Revenue Service (IRS) of BS-19 to submit their CVs, who intend to post in National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on deputation basis.

    The FBR said that the NAB had urgently required services of BS-19 officers having sufficient experience in Information Technology for their posting in NAB against equivalent posts on deputation basis in NAB (Headquarters), Islamabad and its regional offices.

    The FBR directed the intended officers to provide their CVs by December 22, 2020.

    The NAB in its letter on December 10, 2020 requested the establishment division for provisions of panels of BS-19 officers for selection of suitable officers for their posting in NAB on deputation basis.

    The NAB – the apex anti-corruption organization of Pakistan – is striving hard for efficient performance of its functions so as to fulfil its vision of making the country free from corruption and corrupt practices.

    In order to accomplish the task, which is also a national cause, the bureau urgently requires the services of BS-19 officers, having sufficient experience in information technology for their posting in NAB against equivalent posts, on deputation basis in NAB (HQ), Islamabad and its regional offices.

  • Text of National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

    Text of National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

    ISLAMABAD: A presidential ordinance has been promulgated to restrict National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to take action against matters of tax evasion and an act of government officials done in good faith.

    Following is the text of the amended ordinance

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    BILL

         further to amend the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999

         WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (No. XVIII of 1999), for the purposes hereinafter appearing.

    It is hereby enacted as follows: –

    1. Short title and commencement – This Act may be called the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019.

    (2)  It shall come into force at once.

    1. Amendment of section 4, Ordinance XVIII 1999 – In the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (No.XVIII of 1999), the current section 4 shall be substituted with the following provisions namely: –

    “4.  Application

    (1) This Ordinance extends to the whole of Pakistan.

    (2)  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, except for the persons, transactions and matters specified in sub-Section (3) of this Section, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to all persons, including those persons who are or have been in the service of Pakistan, wherever they may be.

    (3)  The persons, transactions and matters to which the provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply will be as follows: –

    • transactions and matters pertaining to Federal or Provincial taxation, duties, levies or imposts, by whatever name called;

    Explanation

    • All pending inquiries and investigations which relate to matters pertaining to this clause (a) sub-Section (3) of Section 4 shall stand transferred to the respective authorities or departments which administer the relevant laws of taxation, levies or imposts in question by whatever name called;
    • All pending trials which relate to matters pertaining to this clause (a) sub-Section (3) of Section 4 shall stand transferred from the relevant Accountability Courts to the criminal Courts which deal with offences, if any, under the respective laws pertaining to taxations, levies or imposts in question by whatever name called;

    (b)  any private person or matter or transaction in relation to such private person, unless such private persons is alleged to: –

    • have given or offered to give or attempted to give any gratification, other than legal remuneration, or valuable thing or pecuniary advantage to a public officer holder in terms of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv) of Section 9(a) and there is corroborative evidence that the public office holder has materially benefitted by gaining any monetary benefit or asset disproportionate to his known sources of income or which cannot be reasonably accounted, from such private person; or
    • is directly or indirectly connected with the holder of public office as his dependent or benamidar;

    Explanation

    • However, this clause (b) of sub-Section (3) of Section 4 shall not apply in case of an offence falling under clauses (ix), (x) and (xi) of Section 9(a) and clause (xii) of Section 9(a) to the extent that it applies to clauses (ix), (x) and (xi) of Section 9(a).

    (c)  unless a holder of public office has materially benefitted by gaining any monetary benefit or asset disproportionate to his known sources of income or which cannot be reasonably accounted for by the holder of public and there is evidence to corroborate such material benefit, NAB shall not take cognizance of any offence under this Ordinance involving a procedural lapse including any offence specified in clause (vi) of Section 9(a);

    (d)  unless a holder of public office has materially benefitted by gaining any monetary benefit or asset disproportionate to his known sources of income or which cannot be reasonably accounted for, and there is evidence to corroborate such material benefit, NAB shall not take cognizance of any offence involving the rendition of an incorrect act, decision, advice, opinion or report;

    (e)  the valuation of immovable properties, for the purposes of assessing as to whether a holder of public office has assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, shall be reckoned either according to the actual price shown on the relevant title documents or the applicable rate prescribed by the District Collector or the Federal Board of Revenue, which is higher. No evidence contrary to the later shall be admissible.

    1. Amendment of Section 5, Ordinance XVIII 1999 – In the current Section 5 “Definitions” of the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (No.XVIII of 1999), after the definition of “PERSON” in clause (o) the following heading will be added namely: –

    PRIVATE PERSON” shall mean any person other than the holder of public office.”

    1. In the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (No. XVIII of 1999), after clause (vi) of sub-section (a) of Section 9, Ordinance XVIII of 1999 the following proviso shall be added, namely: –

    Provided that an act done in good faith and in discharge of duties and performance of official function shall not, unless there is corroborative evidence of accumulation by the public office holder of any monetary benefit or asset which is disproportionate to the known sources of income or which cannot be reasonably accounted for, constitute an offence under this clause.

    1. In the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (No. XVIII of 1999), after clause (vii) of sub-section (a) of Section 9, Ordinance XVIII of 1999 the following proviso shall be added, namely: –

    Provided that an act done in good faith and in discharge of duties and performance of official function shall not, unless there is corroborative evidence of accumulation by the public office holder of any monetary benefit or asset which is disproportionate to the known sources of income or which cannot be reasonably accounted for, constitute an offence under this clause.

    PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN

  • Law amended to stop NAB taking action against businessmen: Prime Minister

    Law amended to stop NAB taking action against businessmen: Prime Minister

    KARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the government has amended law to restrict National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from taking action against business community.

    Addressing at a ceremony of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), the prime minister said the powers of NAB had been restricted to the corruption cases of public office holders.

    He said that the business community should be free from coercive action of NAB. The other institutions like FBR and courts are there to deal with cases of business community.

    He said that business community has key role in creation of wealth. He further said that no nation can grow without wealth.

    The prime minister said that the wealth creation was only possible when business community was facilitated.

    He said that in the past there was misconception about making of profit. The prime minister said that there was difference between profiteer and profit making.

    The prime minister said that the government desired the businesses should make profit and attract more investment.

    He said that the government was making all out efforts to improve ease of doing business. He said that in the outgoing year the ease of doing business was improved by 27 points despite challenging economic situation.

  • NAB establishes AML/CFT cell

    NAB establishes AML/CFT cell

    ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday established Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) cell at the bureau.

    The cell will be headed by Zahir Shah, Director General, Operation, NAB Headquarters, Islamabad and would be comprised of the following officers:

    01. Zafar Iqbal, Director Monitoring

    02. Mufti Abdul Haq, Additional Director/Desk Officer

    03. Jahanzeb Fareed, Banking Expert

    04. Sohail Ahmed, Banking Expert

    05. Nasir Mehmood Mughal, Senior Legal Consultant (Prosecution Division)

    The main responsibilities of the cell would include compliance, monitoring, analysis and coordination with national FATF Secretariat and relevant stakeholders.

  • NAB not to process sales tax, income tax cases of business community

    NAB not to process sales tax, income tax cases of business community

    KARACHI: Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has said that the bureau will not process cases of income tax and sales tax of business community.

    He was talking with Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai, President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) at a meeting, said a statement issued by FPCCI on Friday.

    A delegation of FPCCI under the leadership of President FPCCI Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai met Chairman NAB, Justice Javed Iqbal at NAB Head Quarter Islamabad.

    During the meeting Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai expressed his views that entire business community of Pakistan appreciates the role of NAB and the measures taken by it for transparency and curb the corruption of the country.

    He said that business community is the backbone of the country contributing in economic development. NAB is business friendly institution that considers business community as its priority and addressing the issues.

    Chairman NAB said that NAB would not process the cases of income tax and sales tax of business community and has ordered to return back all previous cases of business community to FBR as per law. He informed that he has ordered withdraw all notices served by NAB Multan on owners of flour mills of Multan, Bahawalpur and D.G Khan division. He said that he himself would review the notices of flour mills.

    President FPCCI Engr. Daroo Khan Achakzai appreciated the personal efforts of Chairman NAB for looking into the of issues of entire business community. He thanked the Chairman NAB for the establishment of Special Cell for entire business community in NAB Secretariat.

    Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal also acceded to the request of President FPCCI for visiting the Federation House.

  • Asset recovery unit receives certified copies in judges’ references

    Asset recovery unit receives certified copies in judges’ references

    ISLAMABAD: The Assets Recovery Unit of the Prime Minister’s Office received a complaint/information in respect of the foreign properties of three learned Judges, said a statement on Sunday.

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