*ISLAMABAD – The federal government has decided to replicate Chineseanti-corruption model in Pakistan which is now -a-days struggling hard tobattle the menace.*
Sources told Channel 92 on Saturday that the Chinese officials would trainthe Pakistani bureaucrats to fight corruption .
The training will be imparted to the federal bureaucracy in 11 publicsectors in first phase while its scope will be extended to the provincesat later stage, they added.
Sources said the federal finance ministry had been asked to submit thenames of those officers (BS-17 to BS-20) who will willingly submitapplications for training.
The officers will be sent to China for training course in first phase.
Sources further said the Chinese government had offered to provide freeservices in this regard.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has been raising his voice at all levels to fightcorruption from top to bottom.
The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) has prioritized elimination ofcorruption in its agenda to run the affairs of the government.
China had offered Pakistan an anti-corruption formula to counter the menaceof corruption when Prime Minister Imran Khan visited China last year. Ajoint statement by Pakistan and China was also issued in this regard.
Pakistan is the 117 least corrupt nation out of 175 countries, according tothe 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by TransparencyInternational.
