• Says changes to NAB law for transparency in chief’s appointment should be tabled by 2027 • Govt commits to enhancing capacities of provincial anti-corruption bodies ISLAMABAD: Under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) enhanced focus on fighting corruption head-on, Pakistan has been required to increase the autonomy and transparency of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and report regularly on the outcomes to the Fund. “To enhance the independence and transparency of the National Accountability Bureau, the authorities will submit amendments to the NAB Ordinance to parliament to enhance the appointment process for the NAB chairman and publish investigation and prosecution rules and annual enforcement statistics” no later than end of January 2027, the IMF stated in its recent staff report . Before the 2027 amendments, an earlier structural benchmark has required the government to reach an agreement with the IMF on a methodology for a corruption risk assessment for an anti-corruption action plan to be led by NAB.