Different kinds of corruption
We have seen political corruption under focus for the last many months, almost immediately after the PTI government came to power last year. Of course, all of us want corrupt…
Obsessed with corruption
IF corruption is our national obsession, accountability is an unending controversy. After a year of shouting about thieves and NROs, the government has taken a U-turn and announced its intentions…
The challenge of corruption
We're all well aware of the high cost of corporate corruption. From damaged reputation and negative investor perception, to legal action, stiff financial penalties and jail terms for corporate directors,…
When corruption kills
Public-sector corruption is a big problem in many developing countries, but in Pakistan it has completely diffused through into the very bones of the country’s economic, social and political systems.…
Lawfare against corruption
‘ANTI-CORRUPTION drive’ has been the primary slogan of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s movement for naya Pakistan with the promise of across-the-board accountability to cleanse the system of the proverbial cancer…
Corruption and utopia
If I had to choose between a corrupt leader and an incompetent one, I’d choose the incompetent one every time. Integrity is the basic quality a leader must possess. But…
Our anti-corruption strategy
Being on the same page with all state institutions, the PTI government is well positioned to lay the foundation of a single anti-corruption agency with broader political and bureaucratic ownership…
Broadsheet investigations
On June 20, 2000, the government of Pakistan, by and through the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), signed an ‘asset recovery agreement’ with Broadsheet Investigations “to recover assets looted from the…
Anti-corruption
The Pakistani model: As per reliable reports, an “estimated Rs236 billion was illegally transferred to 37 countries in the past five years”. For the record, only “103 of 1,550 arrested…
Can the Panama Papers end corruption?
Imran Khan recently tweeted congratulations to the nation as a serving prime minister will be under rule of law for the first time. Taking the Panama Papers to their logical…
