Challenges of corruption and incompetence
Renowned Pakistan-American economist Atif Mian stirred up a debate on Wednesday last by putting up a Twitter poll about the challenges of corruption and incompetence being faced by developing countries…
Corruption, crime, chaos, Karachi
On gaining independence, Karachi – a modest trading post with 450,000 inhabitants – became the capital city of Pakistan. Over the years, it welcomed all into its magnanimous fold. Today,…
Oil: ‘Mother of corruption’ in Venezuela
Corruption in Venezuela’s oil industry is a many-headed monster that has devoured billions of dollars in taxpayers’ money in the past 20 years, experts say. Long the country’s only notable…
Breaking the chain of corruption — Part – I
Anti-corruption measures can only have cumulative success if they are part and parcel of good governance. In the absence of good governance, anti-corruption measures cannot develop any longer-term momentum even…
Corruption, justice and accountability
Pakistan’s ranking on the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), announced this week by the Berlin-based corruption watchdog, Transparency International, shows that during 2023 the country’s ranking was 133 while the…
Xi’s corruption crackdown targets embattled finance sector
Xi Jinping’s crackdown on official corruption has ripped through a secretive missile force, the Communist Party elite, the national football team, and now risks hammering a finance industry already grappling…
The corruption challenge
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) issued regulations granting banks access to asset declarations of high-level federal civil servants for purposes of AML/CFT compliance of customer due diligence in February…
A state of many cases
‘Never a dull moment’ is a cliche, even more so for Pakistani politics. How could we have a dull moment when there is a steady stream of cases and audio/video…
Dissecting corruption
The world recently observed International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9). It is time to contextualize the corruption debate in Pakistan. Corruption is not only a legal crime but also a moral…
Corruption in Central America frustrates US plan to tackle migration ‘root causes’
More than a year into US President Joe Biden’s sweeping effort to tackle the “root causes” of migration with aid to Central America, projects likely worth millions of dollars have…
