According to a new survey released on Friday, people consider the policeand judiciary as the most corrupt sectors of the country.
The National Corruption Perception Survey (NCPS) 2022 conducted byTransparency International (TI) Pakistan showed that at the national levelpolice remains the most corrupt sector, tendering and contracting was seenas the 2nd most corrupt, judiciary 3rd most corrupt while education hasclimbed to become the 4th most corrupt since the last NCPS 2021.
The provincial breakdown of the three most corrupt sectors reveals that inSindh, education remained the most corrupt sector, and police were seen asthe 2nd most corrupt while tendering and contracting 3rd the most corrupt.
In Punjab, police remained the most corrupt sector, tendering andcontracting were seen as the 2nd most corrupt, while the judiciary was the3rd most corrupt.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the judiciary remained the most corrupt sector,tendering and contracting was seen as the 2nd most corrupt, and police the3rd most corrupt. In Balochistan, tendering and contracting remained themost corrupt sector, the police was seen as the 2nd most corrupt, and thejudiciary the 3rd most corrupt.
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At the national level, the vast majority of 45 percent of people consideredthe role of anti-corruption institutions as “ineffective‟ in curbingcorruption in Pakistan. In Sindh, 35 percent of Pakistanis consideredNational Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) role as effective in curbingcorruption. In Punjab (31 percent), KP (61 percent), and Balochistan (58percent) Pakistanis considered the role of “none of the anti-corruptioninstitutions” to be effective in curbing corruption in Pakistan.
At the national level, Pakistanis continued to believe that corruption inpublic service delivery is high. According to the citizens, the three mostcorrupt public services for which people have to pay bribes are contractsof roads (40 percent), access to uninterrupted electricity (28 percent),and access to clean drinking water (17 percent).