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January 30, 2021
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has termed distribution of millions of rupees among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers just before the Senate elections in the name of development funds a brazen political bribe and the continuation of same corrupt practices which Prime Minister Imran Khan had been condemning for the last two decades.
Sirajul Haq reminded the prime minister to refer to his own criticism of the corruption of previous governments to judge his own policies, he said while talking to journalists after a gathering at Mansoora on Friday.
“Isn’t it brazen hypocrisy,” Sirajul Haq asked the PM, adding that “in his days in opposition he had been harshly condemning the corrupt practices, but now he is following the same himself after coming to power.” He said the PM had no comparison when it came to the matter of U-turns. The development projects should be done through local governments and the way which
National
January 30, 2021
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ameer Senator Sirajul Haq has termed distribution of millions of rupees among the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers just before the Senate elections in the name of development funds a brazen political bribe and the continuation of same corrupt practices which Prime Minister Imran Khan had been condemning for the last two decades.
Sirajul Haq reminded the prime minister to refer to his own criticism of the corruption of previous governments to judge his own policies, he said while talking to journalists after a gathering at Mansoora on Friday.
“Isn’t it brazen hypocrisy,” Sirajul Haq asked the PM, adding that “in his days in opposition he had been harshly condemning the corrupt practices, but now he is following the same himself after coming to power.” He said the PM had no comparison when it came to the matter of U-turns. The development projects should be done through local governments and the way which had
Corruption gone up in Pakistan, reports TI
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January 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has slipped by four points on the international Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and stands at 124th position in comparison to 120th position in 2019.
The rankings were issued by Transparency International (TI) which also showered loads of praise on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), national media reported.
According to the TI report, Pakistan’s score is 31 out of 100 and the country is ranked at 124th out of 180 countries, and the score has increased four times since 2012. The Berlin-based non-profit releases the CPI every year, ranking 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people. Pakistan lost four positions in 2020 compared to 2019 and seven positions compared to 2018. In 2019, Pakistan ranked 120th on the global corruption list and 117 in 2018.
Corruption gone up in Pakistan: TI
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has slipped by four points on the international Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and stands at 124th position in comparison to 120th position in 2019.
The rankings were issued by Transparency International (TI) which also showered loads of praise on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), national media reported.
According to the TI report, Pakistan’s score is 31 out of 100 and the country is ranked at 124th out of 180 countries, and the score has increased four times since 2012. The Berlin-based non-profit releases the CPI every year, ranking 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people. Pakistan lost four positions in 2020 compared to 2019 and seven positions compared to 2018. In 2019, Pakistan ranked 120th on the global corruption list and 117 in 2018.
LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Senator Sirajul Haq has said Prime Minister Imran Khan should have the realisation that building shelter homes is no solution to the problems of poverty and.