LAHORE: Executive Director of Punjab Institute of Neurosciences (PINS) and known Neurosurgeon Prof Asif Bashir said on Tuesday that collective efforts were required to root out corruption and malpractices from the society and for this purpose all stakeholders should start sincere efforts to get rid of this menace. He further said that apart from financial corruption, moral decline and professional negligence had also spread in our society because not performing one’s duties honestly and lack of interest in office hours was also a corruption. He expressed these views while addressing the corruption awareness seminar organized by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) at Bashir Auditorium PINS here.
A large number of professors, young doctors, nurses and medical staff attended the seminar. Addressing the seminar, NAB Director Imran Sohail said the main reason for the economic and financial problems that Pakistan was facing today, were hurdles like corruption, nepotism, bribery and favoritism, due to which a lot of national resources and income had been lost. A large portion was wasted, resulting in government’s looking to external aid and financial institutions to run the country, he added. Imran Sohail further said that Pakistan could move forward only if all the institutions and the people work together to eliminate corruption and make serious efforts.
The NAB Director said that the National Accountability Bureau was advancing this struggle according to its mandate and many seminars were being organized in various institutions and government departments to raise awareness about corruption while this seminar organized in the Neuro Institute was part of the same struggle. PINS ED Prof Asif Bashir while appreciating the efforts of NAB officials to eradicate corruption said that the campaign would help in creating awareness among people against corruption and we all should be mentally alert about it.