Tag: Corruption
Corruption rife in police, land services
According to a public opinion poll by Transparency International (TI) released on Tuesday, corrupt practices, especially among the police and government departments, are perceived...
Presidential reference against AGP shelved
A reference forwarded by the president to the prime minister’s office against the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has been pending for a year.
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Corruption, inefficiencies main causes of energy crisis
Experts at the roundtable conference on “Energy crisis and its Solution” urged upon the government to devise a comprehensive policy to overcome the severe...
End to corruption not viable until system reformed: NAB
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari on Monday said the country could not be purged of corruption unless the system is...
OPF officials received fake medical reimbursements worth Rs 2.5m: report
Only twenty five employees of Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) received medical reimbursements worth almost Rs 2.5 million, according to a high-level inquiry report on...
SBC governor orders Rs. 40 million bullet proof car
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Anwar Yasin has ordered a Rs. 40 million imported bullet proof vehicle for himself, even as the SBP...
Down with official secrecy – list of bribed journalists to be...
Names of 282 journalists who accepted bribes from the information ministry are to be made public, the Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan ordered on...
Caretaker minister takes care of himself
The caretaker Minister Overseas Pakistanis Barrister Feroz Jamal Shah Kakakhel seems to be taking good care of himself. According to local media reports, the...
SC questions information ministry’s bid for secrecy over journalists’ case
The Supreme Court might issue an order on Monday to reveal the names of journalists and media houses who received money from the government in the...
New DMG officers to end corruption in CDA
The Cabinet Division has decided to replace the top brass in the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and appoint new officers from the District Management...
Lavish spending, rampant corruption make PIA a burden on the national...
Massive corruption, malpractices, nepotism and lavish spending by the high ups has made PIA a burden on the national exchequer. Moreover, blackmailing of female...
President Zardari’s gift to the nation is corruption: Shahbaz
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Friday said that the only ‘achievement’ of President Asif Ali Zardari, his government and allies during the last...
NAB uncovers Rs7 billion corruption in KPK police department
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is investigating reports of Rs.7 billion corruption in the purchase of arms and vehicles for the police department of Khyber...
Judicial inquiry into torture, bribe case against Adiala Jail officials ordered
Rawalpindi District and Sessions Judge Syed Mahroof Ahmad Ali on Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry against the officials of Adiala Jail in the case...
Country cannot afford another corrupt democracy: PEW
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said future of the country cannot be entrusted to politicians who have remained involved in massive tax...
Plans outlined to tackle ‘endemic corruption’ in Pakistan
Britain's Department for International Development (DfID) has published for the first time plans to tackle the threat of "endemic corruption" in 29 priority countries,...
I talked about ending corruption first: CM
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Thursday said people who had lived abroad luxuriously for six years could not talk about checking corruption when...
