Lahore: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) held a joint session on the theme of anti-corruption and character building at the LCCI.
LCCI President Mian Tariq Misbah, Vice President Tahir Manzoor Chaudhry, Director NAB Syed Muhammad Husnain, Assistant Director Munazza Tasneem and experts from various sectors spoke on the occasion.
The experts said that corruption is an evil which hits all the sectors hard whether that is economy or the public interests. It discourages economic activities, local and foreign investments and leads to poverty.
Syed Muhammad Husnain said that the NAB has the mission to eliminate the corruption through enforcement of the laws and awareness in the society. While elaborating the functions and operations of NAB, he shed light on the different types of white collar crimes happening in Pakistan. He briefed the participants about the measures that NAB is taking to bring-back hard earned money of the masses. He said that corruption means misdoings and misuse of authority for the vested interests. He said that NAB was aimed to become a credible, effective, efficient, and dynamic anti-corruption organization to create corruption-free society.
LCCI President Mian Tariq Misbah said that being the premier business support organization of the country, Lahore Chamber has always advocated for strong measures for making Pakistan a corruption free country and acknowledge the importance and efforts of NAB as Pakistan’s apex anti-corruption organization.
He said that through this event, the representatives of business community will be made aware about the adverse impact of corruption, particularly on the economic progress of an emerging economy like Pakistan.
