The USAID, on suspicion of fraud, has suspended an aid of $ 150 million to Academy of Educational Development which is working in Pakistan.
This was revealed in an investigation by the office of the inspector general of USAID. This revelation points towards corruption that is not only rampant in government organisations but also in international NGOs and their projects. Law enforcement agencies, along with NAB, are already working to ensure that the menace of corruption is reduced because it has already clouded the working of almost each and every public department.
Serious efforts are needed to ensure that corruption stays aloof from the development projects because they are meant for the betterment of people and in case of corruption, they cast a bad image of the country internationally.
FARUKH SARWAR
Islamabad
