Pakistan Slides on Corruption Perception Index for Second Consecutive Year
Pakistan Slides on Corruption Perception Index for Second Consecutive Year
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Opposition slams incumbent government’s claims of tackling corruption as score drops one point below last year’s ranking
Transparency International on Thursday released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index 2020, with Pakistan’s ranking dropping to 124 out of 180 countries with a score of 31 out of 100 a single point worse than its 2019 score of 32.
The opposition, already at loggerheads with the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government, was quick to seize on the opportunity to declare as lies Prime Minister Imran Khan’s claims of tackling corruption as a central plank of his governance. “The Transparency International report is a slap on the face of Imran Khan’s lies and falsehoods,” claimed Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)’s Mariyum Aurangzeb. “The ‘selected’ government has failed in eve
Pakistan Drops in Transparency International’s Corruption Index Despite Highest Recoveries
Pakistan’s position has worsened in the latest corruption index released by Transparency International – the leading civil society organization working to end corruption worldwide.
Transparency International (TI) released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020 on Thursday, highlighting how corruption has not only contributed to democratic backsliding but also the deterioration of healthcare systems worldwide, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In Pakistan’s case specifically, TI Pakistan Chairman, Sohail Muzaffar, has said that in CPI 2020 report, Pakistan’s score has lowered to 31 (out of 100) from 32 in 2019, while Pakistan’s rank has fallen to 124 (out of 180) from 120 in 2019. He said that this decline has come despite the efforts of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to curb corruption in the country.
Pakistan drops four spots on global corruption index second year in a row
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Thu, Jan 28, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Corruption in Pakistan is perceived to be more rampant than it was last year as the country now ranks 124 out of 180 countries, four places down from 2019 s ranking, on a
global corruption perceptions list prepared by Transparency International (TI), an international non-governmental organisation based in Berlin.
Pakistan slipped four spots on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2020 for second year in a row
In 2019, Pakistan ranked 120th on the global corruption list and 117 in 2018.
The TI Pakistan chairperson says country s score this year lowered despite billions of rupees recoveries made by NAB and Public Accounts Committee.