ISLAMABAD – Pakistan makes improvement in the latest corruption perceptionIndex, it has been revealed.

As per media report, Pakistan has made a slight improvement in the ‘CorruptionPerception Index (CPI) 2018’ link releasedby the Transparency International on Tuesday, with score of 33 out of 100 —one point better than the one in 2017. The country’s ranking of 117 out of180 countries.

On the release of the 2018 Index, Chairman of Transparency InternationalPakistan, Sohail Muzaffar, said that Pakistan has to act seriously tocontrol “rampant corruption” in the country. The economic condition in thecountry cannot improve till this menace is tackled, he said.

“Foreign businesses check the ease of doing business before taking thedecision to start working with a country.

Pakistan will need to improve its ranking in the various Internationalsurveys to attract foreign investments which is necessary for it to improveits GDP growth rate,” Muzaffar said.

He added that exemplary punishments should be given to all those involvedin corruption. Anti-corruption laws should be strengthened and agenciesgoverned by these laws should be able to easily prosecute the corrupt.