ISLAMABAD, Aug 24: Representatives and leaders of some 40 political parties will attend a conference being convened by the National Accountability Bureau here on Monday for finalizing a ‘National Anti-Corruption Strategy Project’.

People’s Party Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim, PML chairman Raja Zafrul Haq, Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmed, Millat Party chief Farooq Leghari, PML(QA) president Mian Azhar, Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader Aftab Ahmed Shaikh and Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan have already confirmed that they will participate in the conference.

Some of the political parties have said that they will send their representatives to the conference, a NAB official told Dawn.

The draft of the strategy is ready and it will be sent to the cabinet for approval after consultations with the politicians.

NAB has already been given a constitutional cover by the government and the issue of NAB’s establishment cannot be taken up by the future parliament, though the political parties have serious reservation about its role.

PML(N) and PPP are facing the brunt of the government’s anti-corruption drive and lambasting it for a one-sided accountability.

Since the future parliamentarians would be implementing this strategy, it was necessary to take them into confidence on it, the source said.

The strategy would envisage a comprehensive plan and spell out broad outlines of rules and regulations to be implemented in ministries and government departments for checking corruption at lower tiers.

The source said that the strategy would have three components: prevention, monitoring and combating.