Accountability and the sins of omissions
Accountability has two components: answering for the sins of commission and subsequently for the sins of omission. Some time back, the press reported that transactional corruption costs the country Rs10…
Accountability and corruption
The JIT’s findings have dealt a severe blow to the Sharif family. The JIT framed serious charges against the prime minister and his children. Even though the prime minister had…
Capital suggestion: Truth commission
What is true and what is false? What is genuine and what is fake? Who is honest and who is not? Is it politics or is it business? Who is…
Balancing accountability
In an unexpected and much-delayed move, the Sindh government decided to repeal the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the province. A bill – the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 Sindh Repeal…
Road to accountability
There is a national consensus that corruption is the foremost factor hindering our socio-economic progress and the accompanying repercussions that negatively affect all spheres of the national life. But no…
Accountability – still a far cry?
Federal and Punjab governments' blocking of all roads leading to Islamabad and Rawalpindi, bashing of PTI and AML activists by Punjab Police, and siege of Banigala prevented the 'lockdown' of…
Accountability – an ever-lasting myth?
The Army's sacking of eleven high-ranking officers and proceeding with recovery of the wealth they amassed through corruption, and the commitment of the CoAS that the Army will assist the…
Should there be exceptions to accountability?
We have Chaudhrys in politics and we have Khans too. However, he is the only Chaudhry who is also a Khan and the only Khan who is also a Chaudhry.…
Governance and accountability
International experience and history inform that public sector governance and accountability hold key position to achieve growth, development, and prosperity. However, in Pakistan, the dialogue remains focused narrowly on corruption…
Making accountability effective
Given the nexus between corruption, organised crime and terrorism, the targeting of corruption has been compromised by our rather deliberate lackadaisical attitude. Corruption has subverted our society to the extent…
