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Pakistan less corrupt, according to global corruption list
Pakistan scored 2.5 in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compared to last year’s score of 2.3.
Showing improvement, Pakistan scored 2.5 in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compared to last year’s score of 2.3.
As opposition leaders accuse the Pakistan government of indulging in corruption, Transparency International’s report on global corruption suggests otherwise. Pakistan’s rank on the Index stood at 134, with 42 countries ranking worse. Last year Pakistan had only 34 countries ranking worse on the Corruption Index.
Showing an improvement, Pakistan scored 2.5 in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compared to last year’s score of 2.3.
The 0.2 difference signifies progression means Pakistan is improving in the global list of countries that are perceived to be corrupt.
Transparency International’s annual survey, which looked at 183 countries, ranges from zero (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (thought to have little corruption). A country’s rank can however change because new countries enter the index or others drop out.
India’s CPI score went down by 0.2, going to 3.1 from 3.3 in 2010.
Afghanistan showed improvement by 0.1 in its CPI score this year which was 1.5; however it remained in the list of worst scorers, topped by Somalia and followed by Myanmar and North Korea.
China went up by 0.1 with its score of 3.6 this year.
The US was scored 7.1 on the list which was the same as last year, while UK improved by 0.2 with a CPI score of 7.8.
“This year we have seen corruption on protestors’ banners be they rich or poor. Whether in a Europe hit by debt crisis or an Arab world starting a new political era, leaders must heed the demands for better government,” said Huguette Labelle, chair of Transparency International in a statement.
At the other end of the scale, New Zealand took the leading position by a CPI score of 9.5, followed by Denmark and Finland, scoring 9.4 each.
Two thirds of ranked countries in the list scored less than 5, that shows a global inclination towards corruption.
“2011 saw the movement for greater transparency take on irresistible momentum, as citizens around the world demand accountability from their governments. High-scoring countries show that over time efforts to improve transparency can, if sustained, be successful and benefit their people,” said Transparency International Managing Director Cobus de Swardt in the press release.
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Pakistan is still the 134th Corrupt country in the world. How is this positive?
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There’s something comforting about thinking we can put a number to the amount of corrupt people in the world.
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“The 0.2 difference signifies progression means Pakistan is improving in the global list of countries that are perceived to be corrupt.”
Or maybe other countries are becoming more corrupt.
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Transparency is difficult to establish when Governments control all information published. Even under Freedom of Information Governments “Black out” everything they do not believe you have a right to know.
Australia is very good with the “Blacking out”. Don’t believe me? Ask a few questions under the Freedom of Information and find out my claim is correct.
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UnbelievableButTrue ;)Recommend
That is because less aid came in.
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cheers
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Don’t disparage the improvement — even if it is modest. If our rank number had gone down, everyone would be crowing here.Recommend
Showing an improvement, Pakistan scored 2.5 in Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) compared to last year’s score of 2.3.
Is it because few thousand tired of endless corruption have left Pakistan ???
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@zalim singh:
didn’t you find anything to rant about?
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but why does the map above shows Kashmir in India?Recommend
Good to know that corruption is reducing. GOP need to work more on reforms so as to make Pakistan a corruption free country.
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The power cuts meant that there were fewer hours that workers were in offices. So less chance for corruption. Who needs PTI to remove corruption when there’s PEPCO.
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hahahaha the author is web desk , a ghost writer looking to make a buck.Recommend
Communalism, Socialism, Liberalism, Marxism, Dictatorism, capitalism, Kingdom rule, what ever you name it..the thing is its not the system that is wrong, its the person who run it could make it wrong… you could see, almost every country with the system that i mentioned are in red…
When your leader doesnt have a noble heart, then it doesnt matter what policy you follow..
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@TheWhisperer1:
I understand your scepticism when it comes to Information act and govermental transparency but an easy way to find out how corrupt a country is, just look at lives of people of low corruption countries and ask the citizen.
I dont know about Australia and ‘blackouts’, but here in Germany, or in the neighboring countries, paying public servants to have something done is unheard of. Also look at the high standards of life that people in Denmakrk, Finnland etc enjoy.
To contrast, in Pakistan you cant get a job in govermental college even if you have a MSc in Chemistry unless you pay rishwat.
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seriously!
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Because less IMF response and less funds for poor people. Recommend
It’s hardly surprising to see that most of the most corrupt nations are usually most countries.Recommend
Funny how Tunisia who initiated the arab revolutions is lower than all neighbouring countries… as well as Italy! And yet they started the revolution.
Wether it is a an argument for transparency can be hard to establish… or it just shows that Tunisians are better people than Italian… I don’t know.
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u r right tooba other coutries bcm more corrupt we r the same
@Tooba:
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hmmm
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We all know Pakistan is in the same league as most poor Third World countries where corruption is rife. At the same time I think we already knew that Pakistanis are less corrupt than most developing countries, especially the corrupt African and Arab countries. It’s just that Pakistanis have a better talent of exaggeration than other Third World peoples!
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Proves study is incorrect!
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No money, No corruption.
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The report is false. Corruption has destroyed our institutions like railway, PIA,and steel mills. and revenue and other department are not behind as compared to top corrupt departmenst. Our rulers are corrupt. If the report has shown us progressing then how we can believe it when we see corruption all around and collapsing our institutions.
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Joke of the century.
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it also depend upon population… if china or UK is more populated that meant they r more corrupted due to more numbers of ppl than PAKISTAN
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Nice and awesome for every petriot
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I doubt anything has changed in Pakistan over the last year — this is either a statistical anomaly or perhaps some of the international customers (prime targets for extortion/corruption) have stopped doing business as a result of Pakistan’s association with terrorist. In short — I doubt this report should be something to celibate.
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because Railways, PIA and steel mill left with nothing for corruption :|
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1- New Zealand (9.5)
2- Finland (9.4)
2- Denmark (9.4)
wow I love it.
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Less corrupt?????? 134 is worse than being corrupt. We are worse than any other asian country.
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So who did we pay off for this improvement? ;)
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Corruption or no Corruption, Pakistanis are the most hospitable people in the world particularly Punjabis and Pathans. People should appreciate the positives of Pakistan as well.
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I hope the numbers are not distorted because of an increase in overall population, or more corrupt people having left the country and less ones left behind?
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so what will PTI sell now? if corruption is decreasing. BTW why do we wish to believe the worst…some psychic issue isn’t it!
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i guess pakistan didnt improved thing is others gone worse
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Please get the fact rights, this list is all on a relative basis. The world is getting worse at a faster rate than Pakistan has. It might be because our president sees more opportunities abroad right now than in Pakistan.
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Jiye Bhutto lol
perhaps there is nothing left in the country to loot by our Mr President…damage has been done already :s
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It is stupidity to believe that Pakistan is less corrupt now (viz-a-viz lasy year). A plausible explanation is that Procedures of Corruption have been made less easy to catch. This is the genious of the PPP at work.
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This improvement was basically due to the supereme courts and Public accounts committee of the parliament.. PMLN can take the credit of both as PMLN restored the Judiciary and helped them do their work independantly and Ch. NISAR was the chairman and central force the war against corruption within the parliament.. PMLN we are proud of you… Keep Exposing the corrupts and frauds.
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@Owais:
The map shows Kashmir as part of India, because that is how the whole world views it! Period.
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a postive sign.
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@Malik:
not 142, we are the 43rd most corrupt….143 would have meant we had stepped in to the angels territory :/Recommend
@Nothing but the Truth: Some day the world will force India to respect UN resolutions on Kashmir and allow Kashmiris to freely vote to determine their future. We all know the truth and you will see it one day. Gloating about a map mistake does not remove the obvious fact that India has to hold on to occupied Kashmir with 500,000 non Kashmiri Indian soldiers whereas people in Pakistani Kashmir join the military with the hope of freeing Kashmir.
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The national assembly has been disclosing the corruption cases and only discussing them. The fruits of democracy woudl become more obvious as the time goes by. It is not surprising the the best countries are most stable old democracies. Where are the dictatorships? It is so obvious that hopefully Pakistani brothers would be able to see and understand it. Things caannot change in a short time but it is a good step in the right direction.
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Perhaps we are even more corrupt than this report suggests!
When the statistics were released last year we were told that military spending in Pakistan is not included in the Pakistani statistics.
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Malik don’t expect overnight changes brother or move to your fairyland
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@Maria:
“Pakistani Kashmir join the military with the hope of freeing Kashmir”?? There you go..I thought your pakistan likes to call it as AJK with own PM etc.? How come ot became a Pakistani kashmir…Precisely that was the reason why UN resolution was dead in birth..It calls for Pakistan to withdraw its forces before even any plebscite can happen..
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@Maria:
Kashmir status will not change in a million years. UN resolutions also ask for the withdrawal of Pakistani troops from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). As for freeing people why don’t’ you make a start with Balochistan.
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@Malik: this is indeed positive; one can get 168 also!!! 134 is a good number, especially if we look at the hard earnings of Pakistan (foreign aids, civilian government etc.); it is really positive.
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That ranking may sound cool for a second…but from a pessimistic point of view…we are the 43rd most corrupt country on the planet…
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Transparency International should abstain from ranking Pakistan I fear once they (Pakistani government) will corrupt Transparency International to rank it (Pakistan) the least corrupt country.
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Read it and weep Indians.Recommend