Hats off to the MQM, PPP, ANP for increasing corruption in their respective provinces. The only winner out of this is PML[N] and PML[Q].
KARACHI - Corruption in the provinces of Punjab and Balochistan has declined but increased in Sindh and the NWFP during the recent years, according to a recent survey conducted by the Transparency International.
A press release issued by Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) said that the survey carried out in June/July 2009 in the four provinces to collect data regarding the citizens’ perception about level of corruption in the country.
**“Compared to 2006, the Sindh province has surpassed Punjab as the most corrupt province. Corruption in the NWFP has increased by 13 percent, Sindh by 5 percent while in Punjab corruption decreased by 9 percent and Balochistan by 10 percent in 2009,” the survey indicated. **
On the National Reconciliation Ordinance - 2007 (NRO), TI Pakistan has already said on 7th October 2007 that this ordinance was against the fundamental rights of the citizens and was a negation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) ratified by Pakistan in August 2007. This Ordinance has not only damaged the Pakistan’s image but still eroding the credibility of the political parties.
“No sitting member of Parliament or a provincial assembly shall be arrested without taking into consideration the recommendations of Special Parliamentary Committee on Ethics or Special Committee of the Provincial Assembly on Ethics, before which the entire material and evidence shall be placed by the chairman NAB,” read a provision of the NRO.
The National Assembly has formed 41 committees, but since last 17 months, the Special Parliamentary Committee on Ethics or Special Committee of the Provincial Assembly on Ethics have not been formed, which is harming the image of political parties in general, the survey observed.