LAHORE: The National Accountability
Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday returned a recovered amount of Rs 45.323 million in various corruption and embezzlement cases to the relative author
ities.
According to NAB, the recovered amount is being returned to the relative authorities on daily basis.
During a cheque distribution ceremony held at NAB office in Lahore, amounts recovered in Pakistan Public Works Department, Citizen Community Board Sheikhupura, Bank of Punjab and Standard Chart
ered bank corruption cases were returned to the respective author
ities.
Moreove
r, amounts were also recovered from the accused in Gujranwala Irrigation Cooperation Housing Society, Pakistan Railways, Islamic Investment Banking and Habib Bank Limited cases.
NAB spokesperson sai
d that the authority shows zero tolerance against corruption an
d that all cases are scrutinised without external pressures and purely on merit.
