Islamabad: Pakistan accountability watchdog chief Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said there was no political or apolitical pressure on him and emphasised the need for self-accountability in all walks of life.
Chaudhry, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), said no complaint could be brushed under the carpet, as the Bureau strictly followed a standard operating procedure (SOP) to deal with complaints.
“I have been in government service for 40 years. Friends do phone me off and on, but none of them ever forced me to let a guilty person off the hook. No complaint can be binned in the bureau, as every director general (DG) has to take decisions on the admissibility of incoming complaints within two months,” he said.
“A reference takes 10 months to land in court. Scrutiny takes two months while investigation requires four months and in the rest of the four months, the investigation is completed and the reference filed with the court,” he added.
NAB was recently warned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to remain within its ‘limits’ and stop harassing ‘innocent’ government employees. Opposition parties also believe NAB was victimising them.
