Tag: Corruption

Corruption defames country’s image: CJP

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the menace of corruption has defamed the country. He was talking to a 40-member delegation of students...

Foreigners fuelling corruption in Afghanistan: Karzai

Foreigners are fuelling the problem of corruption in Afghanistan, a country ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world, the Afghan President...

Speakers say corruption a deep-rooted menace in country

The International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) organised on Friday a seminar to mark the Anti Corruption Day at here at the varsity’s Female Campus....

The plot thickens

A system corrupted beyond cure? A vile premonition has followed the incumbent government each day of its four years in the halls of power. And...

The politics of assets

The abyss stares into you Do always expect a PML(N) presser after one by the PTI. Because it is corruption and financial impropriety that the...

Recharge yourself

Pakistan is in a miserable state, that is what my elders say watching the bloodshed on television sets. But as Seneca said, “Fire tries...

It will take years for Pakistan to recover

Wary of the spot-fixing scandal that maligned the image of Pakistan cricket, the PCB officials are confident that with the establishment of a security...

Chaos theory, UPA style

Back to bedlam The decision on FDI in retail has been so clumsy that there is a counterintuitive theory to suggest that it must be...

Corrupt and corrupter?

The master stroke rests with the judiciary Let’s have two things straight. The lack of delivery of the PPP-led government, the mammoth dossier of corruption...

Pakistan improves in global corruption index

The opposition leaders’ accusation of corruption against the government clashed on Thursday with Transparency International’s report on global corruption, which ranked Pakistan on the...

Corruption, not faulty locomotives, caused Railways’ downfall: CJP

Corruption has brought Pakistan Railways to the brink of collapse and its failure cannot be attributed to faulty locomotives alone, CJP Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry...

Income tax and corruption

In the post World War II period, the income tax rate in the United States was up to 90 percent of personal incomes. High...

Corruption in education

Corruption in Pakistan is a well-established phenomenon. The country has had a consistently poor ranking in the corruption perception index, being 143rd with a...

APML to purge country from menaces of corruption: Zahid Sarfraz

Former president and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf solely possessed the capability to steer the country from prevailing challenges, said former...

No corruption in RPP contracts, Ashraf tells SC

Former water and power minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf told the Supreme Court on Thursday that Federal Housing and Works Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat had...

Pointing out corruption? You got to be transferred!

Pointing out alleged misappropriation in funds meant for the uplift of the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine signalled the end of duty for Sindh Auqaf...

No law defends corruption: SC

Directing the government to explain in writing by today (Wednesday) how the federation was affected by the verdict that declared the National Reconciliation Ordinance...