Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has informed that NAB has recovered Rs. 71 billion from corrupt in 20 months. This entire record amount has been deposited in national exchequer.

According to the statement, the bureau had also filed 600 corruption references in different accountability courts in the last 20 months.

"Billions of rupees have also been recovered from the owners of various fake housing societies and returned to the affected people," he said.

Right now, he said, 1,223 references, involving corruption of Rs. 900 billion, are being heard by various accountability courts.

"The anti-graft watchdog has so far recovered Rs. 326 billion from the plunderers and deposited t...