Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not meet expectations in curbing corruption, its outgoing Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said today.

"I'm leaving with dissatisfaction that we could not meet public expectations," he said at a views-exchange meeting with the media organised on the eve of his farewell.

There was no pressure from the government in carrying out daily activities in the last five years, Iqbal said, adding that during his tenure, he refrained from taking any action to protect the image of the country.

Replying to a question, the chairman said the ACC is more powerful now: "It is no longer a toothless tiger."

"However, a commission alone cannot carry out such vast work," he said.

Iqbal joined the ACC on March 10, 2016.