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Pakistan’s floating Hypocrisy and Contradictions Imtiaz Gul
Triggered by the latest Transparency International (TI) report on corruption, we are witnessing a contradictions galore in Pakistan these days. An evolving story loaded with hypocrisy and finger-pointing. Reactions by opposition sound so self-righteous as if their rule was flawless and above board.
Let us scrutinize this in the light of case studies such as the stiff resistance by bureaucracy to reform, TI ranking and appointment of Syed Adil Gilani as PML-N ambassador to Serbia, and the objections to Senate elections through show of hands.
As far the current government, it of course has failed in revising/reforming some fundamentals of the finance economy. It has failed to replace the obsolete Pakistan Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) with an online system. It also sacrificed Shabbar Zaidi who tried to reign in bureaucracy and dodgy businessmen through reform at FBR but instead was shown
ON Dec 9, which is designated as International Anti-Corruption Day by the United Nations, newspapers carried a prominent Sindh government advertisement titled Let s Eradicate Corruption . It would have convinced few but it did amuse many. The ad claimed that action was being taken against corruption.
The ad admitted that corruption was against the interest of the nation and that bribery was punishable under the law. However, it made a tall demand by stating, If you have encountered corruption, report immediately.
Would one want to do that? I still think of my friend Perween Rahman, the head of the OPP (Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute), who was shot dead in March 2013, and how she was facilitating the regularisation of
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