NAB reject Business community’s allegations in front of Army Chief: Chairman

We does not formulate business policies and would not want to affect anyone’s image,NAB took measures for the betterment of the business community

ISLAMABAD: Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman has said the allegations by traders on the accountability unjustified.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Sunday, chairman said NAB will never take unfriendly steps against businessmen. “We are trying to provide a good environment for the businessmen.”

We does not formulate business policies, NAB took measures for the betterment of the business community.” he said

The accountability watchdog chief further said he demanded arbitrary authority and that NAB has been working independently within the law.

Iqbal said that he would not name the businessman as he didn’t want to affect anyone’s image, but said that if the individual had reservations he should have shared them with the bureau.

The NAB chairman added that not just one business tycoon, but at least three, had written letters to the bureau in which they praised it.

He said that he would furnish the said letters if needed be. Iqbal expressed his gratitude to them for praising NAB as well as for expressing their reservations.

“Every person or institution can make lapses,” he said, adding that God had given humans intelligence in order to minimize the lapses.

The NAB chairman added that a four-member committee has been formed, the mandate for which is being determined. He said that it could be seen as an “advisory” institution that would discuss the problems of the business community and find solutions to them.

“I want to clarify that the formation of a committee doesn’t mean that NAB is not an independent institution or that NAB is subservient,” he said.