An Evaluation of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as Anti-Graft Body in the Political Perspective of Accountability in Pakistan. (2nd January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shah, Syed Fakharuddin; Abbas, Zafar; Qayyum, Abdul
• Is Part Of: Public integrity. Volume 25:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 104
• Page End: 116
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02
• Subjects: Political accountability -- legal accountability -- NAB -- plea bargain -- voluntary return; Civil service ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- United States -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; Political ethics -- Periodicals; Civil service ethics; Political ethics; Public administration -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; CIVIL SERVICE; MORAL ASPECTS; POLITICAL ETHICS; Periodicals; 172
• DOI: 10.1080/10999922.2021.2012022
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1099-9922

Abstract

Abstract: The accountability mechanism in Pakistan is conducted through its different facets, and one of them is legal and institutional accountability. General Musharraf's regime enacted the National Accountability Ordinance in 1999. Consequently, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was formed as an institutional anti-graft body. The existing literature focuses on the role of the NAB as working under the National Accountability Ordinance. However, no focus has been paid to the operation of the NAB as a legal institution within the political dimensions of accountability in Pakistan. This research article is the first in this direction to evaluate the role of the NAB in the political perspective of accountability in Pakistan. The authors conclude that the ruling elites have failed to set the political scene for the successful working of the NAB, which has caused it to have potential pitfalls that outweigh its benefits by far.