Corruption in Pakistan
Corruption
in Pakistan is
widespread,[1] particularly
in the government and lower levels of police forces.[2] Transparency
International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country 117th place
out of 180 countries[3] Pakistan
saw a significant improvement in its statistics in 2013 when its ranking
improved by 12 indices compared to its previous rankings[4] –
139 out of 174 in 2012,[5] 134
out of 182 in 2011,[6][7] 143
out of 178 in 2010,[8] and
139 out of 180 in 2009.[9]
While
Pakistan has had a problem of corruption since it came into being. The change
in regimes between military and civilian institutions due to three different
successful coups have also weakened the anti-corruption institutions. This may
also be noted that a significant improvement in corruption in Pakistan has not
occurred either in civilian government or in military government. Recently,
Pakistan has been doing better in eradicating corruption than previous years
but still there's a long road ahead. In 2017, Pakistan's prime
minister Nawaz Sharif was declared ineligible to hold office by supreme
court of Pakistan according to the constitution of Pakistan due to corruption
and illegal money stashed abroad by him which surfaced through the famous
Panama Papers.
There is a
growing need to reform accountability and anti-corruption policies at higher
levels within the state government.[10][11]