ISLAMABAD: Transparency International (TI) on Tuesday issued its 2022 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) report on global corruption and found Pakistan under Shehbaz-Imran\u2019s shared rule as more corrupt than before.
\nPakistan is declared among those 10 countries which significantly declined on their CPI score.<\/p>\n
The TI report, issued from Berlin, is a charge sheet against both the present Shehbaz Sharif-led PDM government and the last Imran Khan government, as Pakistan\u2019s CPI score dropped to the lowest since 2012. The 2022 CPI score of Pakistan is 27 as against 28 in 2021. Pakistan\u2019s rank, however, remained at 140 out of the total 180 countries assessed by the TI in its 2022 report.<\/p>\n
Surveys of different international bodies, which provide data to the TI for its report, show that the data evaluated in case of Pakistan covers both the governments of the PDM and PTI.<\/p>\n
Asia\u2019s Pacific report, which is part of the CPI 2022, however, talked about Imran Khan\u2019s government. It said: \u201cPakistan too has continued its statistically significant downward trend, this year hitting its lowest score since 2012 at just 27 points amidst ongoing political turmoil. Prime Minister Imran Khan came to power promising to tackle rampant corruption and promote social and economic reforms, but little has been accomplished on any of these fronts since he took the reins in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
The report added, \u201cAfter he (Imran Khan) was ousted in a no confidence vote this April (2022), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified him from running for office for another five years and filed a plea in session court for criminal proceedings over allegations he failed to declare gifts and profits he made from selling them during his tenure. Khan has begun a separate court case against the ECP, challenging the ECP\u2019s jurisdiction over candidate qualification.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile awaiting the verdicts from these two cases, it\u2019s most important that the new government does not allow such political scandals to derail comprehensive anti-corruption efforts. It\u2019s time for concrete action with a holistic and effective anti-corruption plan that addresses illicit financial flows and introduces safeguards for civil space.\u201d<\/p>\n
On this occasion Justice (retd) Zia Perwez, Chairman Transparency International Pakistan, in a press release issued here said: \u201cIt is encouraging to notice that Pakistan\u2019s score on Rule of Law Index 2022, which is one of the seven sources used to calculate Pakistan score on CPI 2022, has improved by 1 point. At the same time, Pakistan\u2019s score on Varieties of Democracy 2022 has declined by 1 point. Overall, in CPI 2022, Pakistan\u2019s score has declined to 27 out of 100 from 28 out of 100 in CPI 2021. Pakistan\u2019s rank in CPI 2022 has remained the same as in CPI 2021 at 140 out of 180 countries. Denmark (90) tops the index this year, with Finland and New Zealand following closely, both at 87. Strong democratic institutions and regard for human rights also make these countries some of the most peaceful in the world according to the Global Peace Index.<\/p>\n
South Sudan (13), Syria (13) and Somalia (12), all of which are embroiled in protracted conflict, remain at the bottom of CPI.<\/p>\n
According to the TI, 26 countries \u2013 among them Qatar (58), Guatemala (24) and the United Kingdom (73) \u2013 are all at historic lows this year. Since 2017, ten countries significantly declined on their CPI scores including Luxembourg (77), Canada (74), the United Kingdom (73), Austria (71), Malaysia (47), Mongolia (33), Pakistan (27), Honduras (23), Nicaragua (19) and Haiti (17).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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