Overview
- Pakistan’s anti-graft agency, which briefed reporters Wednesday, said it will table real-estate reforms within two months for federal cabinet sign-off.
- The package would abolish the paper-based file system and make developers fully liable for how their projects are planned, sold, and delivered.
- The chairman said probes involving lawmakers remain active, though the bureau has stopped issuing case-by-case press statements and has moved some inquiries to the FIA and provincial anti-corruption units.
- He announced that Interpol has issued red notices for property tycoon Malik Riaz and his son and said NAB will seek their extradition from the UAE.
- NAB leaders touted performance and posture, with the operations chief citing Rs2,962 billion recovered in the first quarter of 2026 paid into the federal consolidated fund, while the chairman rejected the IMF’s corruption diagnostic as biased and questioned Transparency International’s 800-person survey.