ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is still mulling over more than 300 pending cases against politicians and senior bureaucrats despite its claim three months ago that the cases have been reopened, according to sources.
The NAB claimed on Jan 10 to have reopened over 300 high-profile but pending cases dumped reportedly by the PPP-led government. However, no significant progress is in evidence.
NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, who heaved a sigh of relief on Thursday after the Supreme Court disposed of a petition filed against his appointment, had formed a special committee in January, asking it to take a decision on the pending cases within four weeks. So far, however, no decision has been taken on even a single case. The committee had referred the pending cases to the relevant regional NAB offices for further proceedings.
The cases have remained unattended due to different reasons for the past four years; they are still at the inquiry or investigation stages and none has so far been sent to the accountability court, said a senior NAB official who did not want to be named.
According to the NAB sources, the cases were registered against politicians of several political parties, including the PPP, PML-N, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid.
