LAHORE – Pakistanis consider police and judiciary to be the most corruptinstitutions in the country, according to the National CorruptionPerception Survey 2021 conducted by Transparency International Pakistan.
It said that around 41 percent termed law enforcers as the most corrupt,while 17.4 percent voted for Judiciary, and 10.3 percent said the tenderand contracting sector is dishonest.
When asked about measures to curb corruption, around 40% of Pakistanis saypace in stringent punishments for corruption cases, 34% said accountabilityof public officers by expediting NAB’s handling of corruption cases, and 25percent picked a complete ban on those convicted of corruption from holdingpublic office.
Furthermore, 72.8 percent of people believe that public sector corruptionat the grassroots levels has increased in wake of the absence of localgovernment.
Over 90 percent of Pakistanis believe that inflation and price hikes arehighest under Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government’s tenure as compared toprevious regimes.
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Around 92.9% consider price hike to be the highest during the incumbentsetup, compared to 4.6% who thought the same for the previous government ofPML-N and 2.5% of the PPP government.
The survey took responses from 1,600 people from four cities each in everyregion of the country, Transparency International Pakistan said.
The fifth most populous country ranked 124 out of 180 countries droppingfour spots over last year in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) byTransparency International released earlier this year.