Pakistan

Twitter Alert: Taseer slams Transparency International

Salmaan Taseer and Hussain Haqqani accuse Transparency International of foul play in recent corruption report.

Ali Syed October 27, 2010

Pakistani politicians are really getting a hang of keeping their followers updated on Twitter.

While Marvi Memon has made use of Twitter to update her followers with her every move, the most recent being her trip to Kashmir, others like Governor Punjab Salman Taseer use it to not let any moment pass without passing a remark about his many opponents.

Former President Pervez Musharraf recently showed the JWP that two can play at that game, when he announced filing an FIR against Talal Bugti for placing a bounty on the former general. Ijazul Haq hoped for a fair verdict on the NRO, while Ambassador Hussain Haqqani questioned the validity of the ‘Perception of Corruption’ Index.

We present a round-up of what politicians have been posting on Twitter recently.

Salman Taseer

Transparency International is neither international nor transparent. One man operation by Asad Gilani JI. Disgraceful stunt to malign the government.

Congratulation Asma Jahangir for breaking the back of the judge/ PML-N mafia! Great victory

Hussain Haqqani

How is Perception of Corruption Index a measure of real levels of corruption? Cant the corrupt 'buy' positive perceptions?

Pervez Musharraf

APML has filed an FIR against Bugti for his criminal act of announcing a cash bounty for my murder in front of the whole world.

Ijaz ul Haq

The Bank of Punjab, Steel Mill and NRO all going to become part of history, similar to the judgement on 18th Amendment.

Marvi Memon

Battal sector LOC Firing by indians. Pathetic action by the invaders. We are proceeding towards LOC sector. No firing will deter us.

Mushahid Hussain

US policy or double-standard? Pakistan is publicly pressured to 'take on' Afghan Taliban, while Karzai is prodded to talk to them secretly.

Naveed Qamar

Gas loadshedding on the Anvil. Wish we could fast track our LNG, SNG and pipeline projects.

COMMENTS (11)

Talha | 13 years ago | Reply I am not a political activist nor I am a fan of whatever our government has done. But I have seen it in a different light. Click here to read my thoughts on Transparency International's work

Moise | 13 years ago | Reply My perception based on my interactions: you can relate to the incidents: Police - 100% corrupt - extortion, bribes, negligence, accomplice in crime, abuse of power Judges - mostly corrupt- bribes, misuse of power FIA - corrupt - extortion, bribes, negligence, accomplice in crime, abuse of power NAB - corrupt - extortion, bribes, negligence, accomplice in crime, abuse of power President - corrupt/incompetent - extortion, bribes, abuse of power, criminal negligence, incompetence PM - corrupt/puppet - abuse of power, criminal negligence, incompetence Civic center officials - mostly corrupt - bribes , criminal negligence Lawyers - mostly corrupt - Energy ministires - corrupt- bribes, misuse of power, incompetence People/masses - some corrupt given chance - Govt. companies - corrupt/incompetent - Private companies - little corrupt due to rules - Private businesses - corrupt - Shop keepers - mostly corrupt.- Transporters - corrupt - Bankers - corrupt - College teachers - some corrupt - Political parties - corrupt/nepotism/undemocratic - Sportsmen

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Moise | 13 years ago | Reply Instead of slamming, try publishing the facts. So we can rub it on TI, but since you know corruption is rampant and very much part of the government please continue to use slamming.

Akhtar | 13 years ago | Reply Well said xeeshan

xeeshan | 13 years ago | Reply Although I hate to say it, Taseer is right for once. The idea of a numerical ranking of "perceived" corruption is simply absurd.

Imran Jattala | 13 years ago | Reply I am of the view that a count should be kept and reported detailing how much time is being spent on 'tweeting' and 'facebooking' by the governors, ministers, lawmakers, judges, and all other government employees while they are on the public payroll - so that a movement can be started for a recovery of the wasted salaries and benefits/perks.

Usama | 13 years ago | Reply I'm sure Salman Taseer is shocked to know we are ranked 34th most corrupt nation in the world. After every thing our politicians, beurocrats, judges and generals etc have done I'm sure Mr.Taseer was expecting us to be in the top 10!! Better luck next time Mr.Taseer!!

bunny | 13 years ago | Reply Well... We should not seriously. Does someone believe that a corrupt person will accept the reality of corruption...They all are corrupt..All political parties are corrupt in Pakistan...

with love to Salman Taseer | 13 years ago | Reply Yes, we are amongst the most corrupt nation and will improve further in coming years. Can anyone dare to stop us. We all are One.

amjad | 13 years ago | Reply Instead of staying in state of denial, why don't these gentlemen work to eliminate corruption in all forms. Do not tell the world that Pakistani leaders on both sides are angels.

Totta Khan | 13 years ago | Reply Taseer's tweets go beyond what would be deemed decent in any democracy. He spews vile hate nearly everyday. Its laughable that he blames the local TI representative, where as he neither sets the criteria nor reporting standard for Transparency International. When will govt officials realize that the whole world isn't involved in some vast conspiracy against it. The corruption is all around us in Pakistan, it doesn't take an international report to make that clear.

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