Every facilitation for Business community of Karachi to grow economy: Chairman NAB
Business confidence has sky rocketed in Karachi after Chairman NAB dealt cases on merit: Aqeel Karim Dhedhi
Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Lt. Gen. (retd) Nazir Ahmed, has invited the business community to develop a plan, promising that the bureau will work in close consultation with them.
Speaking to the business community on Wednesday at a local hotel in Karachi, the NAB Chairman stated that the anti-corruption body recognizes the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and is committed to facilitating a more supportive environment.
Lt. Gen. (retd) Nazir Ahmed noted that the global landscape changed significantly after last May with the success of Banyan Al Marsoos also urging business community to wait till April some very significant news are coming for Pakistan on economic front.
He further added that the next two years will be crucial. “We must be prepared to face the new world order,” he said, highlighting that major deals are currently progressing within the defense sector.
Highlighting NAB’s achievements under his command he stated he revealed that NAB has achieved remarkable success in the province, recovering a staggering Rs 11.4 trillion.
Furthermore, NAB has handed over jewelry, vehicles, and properties worth Rs 50 billion, and recovered land valued at Rs 1,570 billion that had been occupied through fraudulent means.
Regarding regional progress, he shared that he has held meetings with the Sindh Chief Minister and the provincial bureaucracy.
He informed the gathering that a joint framework has been established with the Sindh government, noting that NAB identified land worth Rs 11 trillion in Jamshoro and Hyderabad.
The Chairman expressed his determination that, through collective effort the country’s debt could be retired using Karachi’s economic potential.
On the occasion Chairman AKD Group Mr Aqeel Karim Dhedhi commended the efforts of incumbent Chairman NAB for the promotion of secure business environment in Karachi.
Mr Dhedhi said that Chairman NAB has ended all cases of the businessmen in Karachi which were filed illegally without any concrete evidence, resulting is sky high confidence of the business leaders in the metropolis.
He added that profit can only be generated through competition rather than via subsidy and for this Chairman NAB is creating an enabling environment for Karachi’s business.
