Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday said the Transparency International’s report stating Pakistan as one of the most corrupt nations was fabricated, baseless and a pack of lies as it put corruption in Pakistan even more than the country’s annual budget.
He said the report had depicted daily corruption of Rs 7 billion with its annual volume of Rs 25.20 trillion in the country, which was the strongest evidence to prove its irrationality and falseness.
He said the Transparency International had modified its method this year and that the current score was incomparable with that of previous year. Likewise, the comparison between Pakistan’s 33rd rank with 42nd of previous year was illogical.
Kaira said no country maintained the same score every year as of the total of 176 countries, around two-third countries had obtained a below-50 score manifesting that increase in corruption was a global phenomenon.
However, more corruption in South Asian states was worrisome as Nepal stood at 139 in the list, and Bangladesh and Afghanistan followed it depicting that the whole region was crippled with corruption.
He said the situation needed to be addressed by the civil society, the media, the business community and the government using various techniques.
The information minister said even the countries located at the heart of the Euro Zone had been showing dismal progress on the Consumer Price Index.
He said the world’s top 85 multinational companies did not show their tax invoices on their corporate website. Kaira said at the parliamentary level, the Public Accounts Committee was actively working and for the first time in the country’s history, the opposition leader in the National Assembly was appointed as its chairman that manifested the government’s commitment to eliminating corruption.
He said the PAC had recovered Rs 180 billion indiscriminately that was also lauded by the Transparency International as it had helped reduce corruption, but now through this report, the TI was negating its own stance.
He said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were working at the federal level while anti-corruption departments were performing at the provincial level, which had also recovered embezzled amounts and acted against the responsible people.
Kaira said the judiciary and the media were functioning independently in the country and the courts had also taken suo motu notices on the basis of media reports, several of those had been disposed of and plenty of others were sub-judice.
“It is a fact that the graph of corruption has come down owing to efficient performance of NAB and the FIA as well as court cases,” he said.
Kaira said the TI had no mechanism in Pakistan to detect corruption, adding that its findings were based on guesses and concocted figures carrying no truth.
I agree with Kaira sahib, these reports are totally bogus and baseless.
You need any report to know that Pakistan is most corrupt state with most corrupt crooks ruling the nation. Cant Kaira see for himself that the PPP Government is raping the nation every single day. This is open fact that most of cabinet ministers are looting and pludering national wealth. The president of county is internationally known crook and known as Mr. 10% although he should be called 100%. The P.M is well known Raja Rental. Ex P.M and his family is most corrupt and also involved in Drug Business i.e. Don Gilani of Multan Drug Cartel. With all these facts in front of you who need a report for any Organization
YOU are a big B*A*S*T*AR*D who even sells his mother for money.
By abusing me you cannot ignore the the fact. Your comments reflect the fact that you belong to a violent failed state and part of an extremely dysfunctional scoceity. Look arond you and you will see the light. This is country where people kill each other every day. They have no respect for law (your president is a prime example). You have no respect for each other. it the people living in Pakistan who will sell themselves for any thing.
One cannot expect any thing better from scumbs like you and the soceity you live in.
Where I live I dont have to risk my life for going to mosque. Here people dont have to face load shedding. They dont have to queue up getting gas for your car.
Just think you are most unfortunate people who are going to doom becuase for your most corrupt government
lack of electricity and other immunities required for a decent soceity is effecting your brain.
Kaira is master of disinformation. Reminds one of Propodanda Minister of Hilter,s fascist govenment.
hamid khan seems to have a single track mind,people with severe depression usually talk like this.Pakistan by the grace of god is progressing reasonably well,people like hamid are sad cases,may allah help everyone
I dont what is your definiton of progress. Yes Pakistan has progressed well to become most dangereous and corrupt country. I dont think this is something to be proud of. I have no depression at all. In fact I live a very healthy life in very decent soceity where there is rule of law and people respect each other. However, I am extremely sad to see the state of Pakistan. I used be a pretty decent place to live many many years. I make these comments to wake you guys up and trying to tell you that you should tale control of your life and kick these crooks who are raping the nation every single day.
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