Chairman NAB Advocates Business-Friendly Reforms in Collaborative Meetings with business community
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Chairman NAB Advocates Business-Friendly Reforms in
Collaborative Meetings with business community
Karachi: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
Lieutenant General Retired Nazir Ahmed held a series of meetings with the
business leaders of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(FPCCI), Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and other top
business community Leaders and assured them in an apparent show of support to
the business.
Business leaders held significant discussions with the
Chairman NAB in addressing pressing economic challenges and propelling the
nation toward growth. They suggested a number of proposals to help steer the
country out of the economic turmoil.
Chairman NAB Lieutenant General Retired Nazir Ahmed
responded positively and said that he wants to assure the Business Communities
that NAB will not harass them and they should openly play their key role in the
development of the country. He said that they should be fully focused on wealth
creation activities and should do business without any fear.
Chairman NAB stressed that extreme importance would be
given to wealth creation activities/ projects which will be encouraged and will
be protected from unwarranted pressures and intimidation. It was agreed that
business community, being the very core of our economy, has to be given the
respect & status that it deserves. He said that NAB will deal all
businessmen with utmost respect & dignity and will help in creating
business friendly environment.
Business leaders emphasized the importance of an
enhanced and sustained interactive dialogue between the business community and
NAB. While responding positively, Chairman NAB said that Business Facilitation
Cell would be established initially at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad including
representatives of business community for better coordination and facilitation
of business community. He said that he believes in participative accountability
therefore general complaints against businessmen will be first referred to the
Facilitation Cell for immediate resolution / rectification and necessary action
as per law.
The Chairman NAB updated the business community about
his reforms in NAB and future plans. He said that no businessman will be
subjected to a media trial during the process of complaint verification and
inquiry. He further said that complaints written under fictitious names or
anonymous will not be entertained by NAB henceforth. During the course of
inquiry, businessmen would be addressed as respondents and their
confidentiality would be ensured.
It was further agreed that NAB will hold Seminars
regularly at different Business Forums in order to inform business community
about NAB’s objective, operations and framework for better facilitation and
also about their rights under the NAB Law.
To bolster economic decision-making, Director General
NAB Karachi Mr. Javed Akbar Riaz assured that all the pending cases against the
business community would be completed expeditiously and all efforts would be
made to create business friendly environment for the investors.
Prominent Businessmen Mr. Aqeel Karim Dhedhi, Mr.
Arif Habib, Mr. Bashir Jan Muhammad, Mr.
Habibullah, Atif Ikram Sheikh, Mr. Zubair Motiwala, Mr. Ahmed Chinoy and many
other business community members attended the meetings.
