Tag: Corrupt

Govt cannot nab corrupt officials: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD
Grilling the government for its inability to nab the corrupt officials, PML-N Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal, on Wednesday said that the government did not establish any accountability department to watch over corrupt politicians under the government's wings.
Addressing a press conference on the Transparency International report, Ahsan Iqbal said that due to the corrupt practices of the government, Pakistan had jumped eight steps in the most corrupt nations

Pakistan is now 34th most corrupt country

ISLAMABAD
Pakistan has gone further up in the list of most corrupt nations, receiving an index score of 2.3 this year against 2.4 in 2009, a report on Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) issued by Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesday.
The report said of the total 178 countries, Pakistan's ranking had dropped seven places, from the 42nd most corrupt country in 2009 to the 34th-worst country in 2010. The report said around three quarters of the 178 countries in the