World Economic Forum has lauded National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) role in tackling corruption and ensuring transparency, rule of law in Pakistan.
In its Global Competitiveness Report 2020, the World Economic Forum has praised NAB’s performance highlighting that the anti-graft watchdog is playing a progressive role in addressing corruption in Pakistan.
Amir Jahangir – CEO Mishal Pakistan called upon NAB Chief Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal in Islamabad and lauded anticorruption watchdog for its performance.
Mishal Pakistan is a country Partner Institute of New Economy and Societies Platform, World Economic Forum.
During the meeting, Aamir Jahangir acknowledged that NAB is playing a vital role and efforts for eradication of corruption in order to establishing the rule of law, transparency and good governance so that the corrupt should be brought to justice.
“The World Economic Forum has long encouraged policymakers to broaden their focus beyond short-term growth to long-term prosperity. This Report makes clear the priorities for making economies more productive, sustainable, and inclusive as we emerge from the crisis,” he said.
The success stories from Pakistan in the light of the Global Competitiveness Index 2020 is the performance and strengthening of the institutions, scale up of digitization and service delivery both at the public and private sectors, he added.
He also praised NAB for recovering Rs 714 billion directly and indirectly since its inception, along with its
Meanwhile, Chairman NAB Javed Iqbal highlighted that there are more than 1,230 corruption references of NAB are under trial in the respected Accountability Courts of the Country and their approximately amount is Rs 947 billion.
NAB under clause 33-C of NAO, 1999 has adopted strategy of aware and prevention to aware people about the ill effects of corruption which is the mother of all evils, said Chairman NAB.
The Global Competitiveness Report is the flagship publication of the World Economic Forum’s Platform for Shaping the Future of the New Economy and Society. The Platform provides the opportunity to advancing prosperous, inclusive, and equitable economies and societies.
It focuses on co-creating a new vision in three interconnected areas: growth and competitiveness; education, skills, and work; and equality and inclusion.
Mishal Pakistan is Pakistan’s leading and reputed strategic communication and design company. It is also the country Partner Institute of the Future of Economic Progress System Initiative, World Economic Forum.
Mishal is responsible to generate primary data on more than 100 indicators measuring Pakistan’s competitiveness. Mishal’s foremost domain of activity is behavior change communication, strategic communication with a spotlight on media and perception management.
