Pakistan’s anti-corruption institutions score low for 2010

Pakistan’s level of institutional corruption and dispensation of justice has not improved since 2008. This was revealed in the Global Integrity Report: 2010 – a global ranking that measures anti-corruption institutions and mechanisms globally.

The report on Pakistan did, however, highlight a few positive aspects in the last two years:

In Pakistan, the Supreme Court has recently challenged or reversed appointments of officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) – the highest-level government entity dealing with corruption in the country.

These developments have been crucial in the context of the fight against corruption by ensuring that honest professionals are put in charge of the NAB.

The report cited that the media's ability to report on corruption remains “challenging”, while problems with electoral rolls remains a major issue.

Other challenges remain in enforcing conflicts of interest safeguards across much of government, as well as professionalizing the civil service.

The complete report and its findings can be viewed here.