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Corruption in Pakistanis widespread,[1]and extends to every sector from government to judiciary, police, health services, education, and military.[2]

Corruption distorts economic decision-making, deters investment, undermines competitiveness and, ultimately, weakens economic growth of a country, which is why the problems are long-standing, and despite ongoing calls for reform, and many attempts to improve the situation, there is little evidence of progress.[3][4]

Brief history[edit]

"Corruption is a curse in India and amongst Muslims, especially the so-called educated and intelligentsia. Unfortunately, it is this class that is selfish and morally and intellectually corrupt. No doubt this disease is common, but amongst this particular class of Muslims it is rampant."

— Pakistan founderJinnah'sletter toIspahani,
6 May 1945[5]

TheDominion of Pakistanwas created as a result of thePakistan Movementin 1947. Upon gaining independence, Pakistan inherited a strongbureaucracyandarmyfrom theBritish Raj.There has since been no major change in this bureaucratic set up since it was first implemented by the British, although reforms were proposed by theMusharraf regimein 2007. This has led many to speculate that "corruption has seeped into the higher echelons of bureaucracy" where "corruption cases are [mostly] reported against irregular and ex-cadre appointments".[6]It was by the late 1960s that the bureaucracy started being portrayed as an "instrument of oppression".[7]In multiple reports published by theWorld Bank,the Pakistani bureaucracy was seen as being rife with corruption, inefficient and bloated in size with an absence of accountability and resistant to change.[8][9][10][11]

Bureaucracy and secession of East Pakistan: 1954–1971[edit]

Bhutto introduced thenationalisation programmein order to revitalise the economy but these policies were used by certain individuals and groups to accumulate wealth.

The bureaucratic influence was strong in thewestern provinces of Pakistanwhile theeastern provinceretained a majority of the population.[12]On 22 November 1954, bureaucratic administrators moved a resolution to merge the four western provinces into asingle unitcalledWest Pakistan.This led to public outcry in East Pakistan who felt that they were being misrepresented and systematically marginalised by the land-owning Punjabi Muslim elites who enjoyed higher bureaucratic positions at the time.[13]This led to thesecession of East Pakistaninto the separate nation state ofBangladeshand lay witness to the corrupt malpractices of the Punjabi elite in West Pakistan. Punjabis argued that East Pakistan's majority was a consequence of the high percentage of Bengali Hindus in the province[14]who were not involved in the state's decision-making processes. Thus, the Punjabi landowners remained largely unrepentant of their desires to "[secure] their own hegemony" leading to the loss of the eastern province in 1971.[15][16]

Nationalisation politicises economic planning: 1973–1977[edit]

AfterZulfikar Ali Bhuttocame into power in 1973, he introduced aplanned economic systemto revitalise the stagnant economy. This led to the introduction of thenationalisation programmebringing entire private industrial corporations under the government ownership.[17]In 1974, Bhutto cancelled thefourth five-year plansbypassing the recommendations of thePlanning Commission,focusing entirely on broadening government control over private business enterprises. In doing so, Bhutto's government began the politicisation of economic planning.

Political interference opened doors for corrupt political practices to seep into the nation's economic planning processes. The nationalisation programme badly affected the reputation of thePakistan Peoples Party.Accumulated losses of up toRs254 million were reported with several instances of over-staffing and inefficient productivity in heavy mechanical industries.[18]By 1976, the state had been hijacked by group and individuals trying to accumulate wealth by redistributing resources from public enterprises to private individuals. Public enterprises "became a device to extend political patronage to those that the regime favoured, to pay political debts, or to accumulate power".[19]

Denationalisation and political favouritism: 1978–1988[edit]

Bhutto's nationalisation programme lost its appeal towards the end of his government's term and the demand for denationalisation gained more currency. The successive government ofmilitary chiefandpresidentMuhammad Zia-ul-Haqreleased a whitepaper that led to the creation of a commission underPakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation(PICIC) to reverse earlier nationalisation efforts.[20]Not much was achieved in this regard and only three industries, including future prime ministerNawaz Sharif'sconglomerateIttefaq Group of Industries,were ever denationalised and returned to their owners. Many argued that Sharif was favoured in this process because he was a political protégé of the military dictator at the helm.[21][22]

Unprecedented political corruption: 2008–2013[edit]

Yousaf Raza Gillanibecame the first head of state to be convicted while holding office and later disqualified on charges of loan defaulting.

In 2012,Transparency International(TI) calculated that Pakistan had lost more than Rs 8.5 trillion (US$94 billion) in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance in the PPP-led coalition government from 2008 to 2013.

Present[edit]

From 2013 to 2017, while Nawaz Sharif was in power, Transparency International indicated a significant drop in corruption as Pakistan improved from a score of 28 to 32 in the TICorruption Perceptions Index,[23]even though serious allegations of corruption[24][failed verification] were levelled against him during that time. In the Index, 180 countries across the world are scored on a scale of 0 ( "highly corrupt" ) to 100 ( "very clean" ) according to how honest their public sectors are perceived to be; a high score indicates a perception of an honest public sector.

Adil Gillani, an advisor for TI Pakistan, observed in 2012 that if Pakistan checked the menace of corruption and ensured good governance, it would not require a single penny from the outside world. The 2008–2013 PPP-led coalition government was criticised as being the most corrupt in the country's history.[25]The free and powerful local media in Pakistan exposed various cases of corruption during the government's tenure including cases of bribery and corruption in government-owned enterprises likePakistan International Airlines[26]andPakistan Railways.[27]

On 29 March 2012, a civilian resident of Johar Town Lahore, Tariq Ahmed, filed a court petition in theLahore High Court,seeking to hear the case of disqualification ofprime ministerYousaf Raza Gillani.[28]The plea was filed in the High Court in which the petitioner took the stance that "Fauzia Gillani— spouse of prime minister Gillani received loans of millions of rupees from theAgriculture Development Bank Ltd (ADB)and theNational Bank of Pakistanfor the two mega-corporations owned by the Gillani family of which Fauzia Gillani served both megacorporations as executive director. None of the loans of millions of rupees were paid back to the banks.[28]When the disqualification petition was put to rest by the ruling of theSpeaker of the National AssemblyDr Fehmida Mirzaciting that the petition did not hold ground, Gillani was convicted on the charges ofContempt of Court.Gillani became Pakistan's first prime minister to be convicted while holding office[29]and was latersentencedanddisqualified.Gillani is prudently criticised for a prolongedera of stagflation,in which fundamental economic problems were ignored, government was mismanaged and corruption was endemic.

In the 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, Pakistan received a score of 29, where the highest-scoring country worldwide received a score of 90, the lowest-scoring country 11 and the average score was 43.[30]Regionally, the highest score among the Asia Pacific countries[Note 1]was 85, the average score was 45 and the lowest score was 17.[31]

Anti-corruption efforts[edit]

Prevention of Corruption Acts: 1947, 1950 and 1958[edit]

ThePrevention of Corruption Act, 1947implemented in the Dominion of Pakistan was enacted to make effective provisions for the prevention of bribery and corruption of public servants, particularly in the bureaucratic administration. The autonomousPrincely State of Bahawalpuradopted its own version of the act, namely theBahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950.

In 1955, an accord was signed betweenNawab Sadeq Mohammad Khan VandLt Gen Ghulam Muhammad Malikwhich made the state of Bahawalpur a part of the province of West Pakistan. Thisgeopoliticalchange meant that the original act needed amendments to include Bahawalpur and other regions which were originally left out of the act. Subsequently, in October 1958, an ordinance was passed to extend the act to the whole of the province of West Pakistan – this is known as thePrevention of Corruption Act (West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958.This ordinance extended the scope of the original to the districts of Karat,Kharan,MakranandLasbelaand also repealed theBahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950.

National Accountability Bureau Ordinance, 1999[edit]

On 16 November 1999,Ordinance XIXwas passed which later came to be known as theNational Accountability Bureau Ordinance.It called for the establishment of theNational Accountability Bureau(NAB) as an autonomous federal institution building efforts to combat cases of corruption, financial crimes andeconomic terrorismin Pakistan. According to the ordinance, NAB was granted authority to launch investigations,conduct inquiries, and issue arrest warrants against individuals suspected infinancial mismanagement,terrorism, corruption inprivate,state,defenceandcorporatesectors), and direct such cases toaccountability courts.Individuals convicted under theNational Accountability Bureau Ordinanceare prohibited from holding political office for ten years.[32]

Provincial legislation against corruption[edit]

Theprovincial governments of Pakistanare responsible for legislations in their respective provinces and since 2013, there has been several legislative efforts against corruption, primarily in the provinces ofKhyber PakhtunkhwaandPunjab.Following is a list of recent anti-corruption legislations:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa anti-corruption legislations[edit]

TheKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Billwas passed in the provincial assembly on 31 October 2013. It was enacted throughout the province by theGovernor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwaon 4 November 2013 as theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013.[33]The legislation makes way for provisions that add transparency to the various functions and departments of the government. It gives the citizens of the province the right to access any information or record held by a public body, except for the information that is sensitive to the security of the state.

Role of mainstream and social media[edit]

Mainstream media[edit]

Before 2002, theelectronic mediawas entirely dominated by state-owned institutions likePakistan Television CorporationandPakistan Broadcasting Corporation.This monopoly was thwarted, when theMusharraf regimeregulated the electronic media allowing for private television channels to be operated independently. Since the liberalisation of theelectronic mediain 2002, it has served as a major force in exposing corruption-related cases and scams.

Following are a few of the major corruption scams and scandals reported and exposed in the mainstream Pakistani media:

  • Rental Power Projects (RPP) scam:In 2006, the media reported on a case involving several instances of bribery in theRental Power Projects(RPP) where top-level ministers were involved. Former prime ministerRaja Pervez Ashrafwas also allegedly involved in these cases of corruption but was later cleared by the NAB. His involvement in this case earned him the nickname "Raja Rental".[34]
  • PMDC fake registrations:In 2010, Dr Ahmad Nadeem Akbar, Registrar of thePakistan Medical and Dental Councilhad cancelled fake registrations done by some PM&DC officials and had dismissed them from service as they were found to issuing fake registration of medical professionals, allowing for inexperienced personnel to take up important positions in medicine and play with lives of public.The Islamabad High Court in July 2014 and earlier the Supreme Court had upheld his actions and have ordered high power inquiries by NAB in this regard against culprits nominated by Dr Ahmad Nadeem Akbar[35]Once this negligence was reported in the media, the Anti-corruption and Crime Wing of theFederal Investigation Agencytook action and identified fake registrations for 40 doctors and 19 medical colleges. The case of registration of 19 medical colleges in one day was investigated by Honourable Justice Shabbar Raza Rizvi and report points towards corruption by the PM&DC Executive Committee member Dr Asim Hussain and Prof Massod Hameed Khan and the employees of the Federal Ministry. As of 2013, FIA had identified about 150 probable instances of fake registrations.[36]
  • Mismanagement of state-owned institutions:Pakistan's flagship airlinePakistan International Airlines(PIA) was reported to have been mismanagement by the executive authorities giving rise to a corrupt culture of bribery. Corruption in PIA led to losses of aroundUS$500 million.[26]Similarly, massive financial losses were reported forPakistan Railwayscaused by embezzlement.[27]
  • Hajj corruption case:Media reported on an ongoing corruption scandal involving federal ministers extorting illegal payouts from travel agents involved in fleecingHajjpilgrims toSaudi Arabia.[37]TheMinister of Science and Technology,Azam Khan Swati,identified and named theMinister of Religious Affairs,Hamid Saeed Kazmi,as being responsible for giving out these illegal orders. He revealed that he had already warned the prime minister about the scandal thereby making several leading members of the parliament accessory to these criminal offences.[38]
  • OGRA scam:One Adnan Khwaja brother-in-law of PPP Secretary-General Punjab was appointed as Chairman who was instrumental in the scam. The OGRA scam case is sub-judice and the ex-Chairman is being prosecuted but at snails's pace.
  • NATO containers case:Media reported on 40NATO containersthat went missing on their way to theInternational Security Assistance Force(ISAF) inAfghanistan.It was later identified that the missing containers carried cargo that was considered contraband in Pakistan, including liquor to be sold in Pakistan.[39]
  • Pakistan Steel Mills scam:The mainstream media reported a major scam in thePakistan Steel MillsinvolvingRs26.5 billion. Once the scam was reported, the FIA initially took action but their progress turned sluggish due to which theSupreme Courtissued a contempt of court notice to theinterior ministerRehman Malikfor hindering and interfering with the investigation.[40]
  • NICL corruption case:TheNational Insurance Company Limitedscandal was first reported in the media in 2012 involving the purchase of 10 acres of land inKarachiby the company at"an exorbitant price"and the transfer of millions ofrupeesfrom the account of Zafar Salim, a cousin of the land seller Khwaja Akbar Butt into the joint accounts ofMakhdoom Muhammad Ameen Faheem,his wife and his son.[41][42]
  • Ephedrine quota case:The Ephedrine quote case was a scandal involvingprime ministerYousaf Raza Gillani'sson, Ali Musa Gillani, who pressure officials of theMinistry of Healthinto allocating a quota (worthRs70 billion) of controlled chemical ephedrine to two differentMultan-based pharmaceutical companies.[43]
  • Themediagatescandal:It was reported thatChief Justice of PakistanIftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry'sson had allegedly taken money fromMalik Riaz Hussain,a real-estate tycoon, to persuade courts to give decisions in favour of the latter. Renowned columnist and anchorperson Javed Chaudhry observed that the case against Malik Riaz proved that the media can hold itself and the judiciary accountable. He further added that this case along with the case formissing personseffectively establish the credibility and impartiality of media's fight against corruption.[44]

Social media[edit]

In the wake of2013 elections,massiveelectoral riggingwas alleged through first-hand accounts of several members of the public viasocial networking websites.Specialised websites were set up to publish and archive material exposing corrupt malpractices throughout the many polling stations serving several constituencies. Several leaked videos of persons supposed to be caught in the act of rigging the polls wentviraland caught the eye of the mainstream media becoming topics of discussion in days to follow.[45]However, a judicial probe found these allegations to be unsubstantiated.[46]Even before the elections,social mediaserved as an effective tool to hold the nation's to-be-leaders "accountable" for various issues like corruption and education.[47]

Citizen journalismis emerging as a growing phenomenon and social media is being touted in Pakistan as an important tool that can be used to strengthen democracy.[48]Adding to the mix, several prominent politicians have moved to the likes ofTwitterto gather support and get prospective voters on board and analysts think that this can lead to a better and direct accountability of political leaders. Social media has also proved effective in identifying corruption in mainstream media,[49]particularly in the case of themediagatescandal.

Corruption by sector[edit]

Judiciary[edit]

See also:Judiciary of Pakistan

In 2002, in a report titled"Nature and Extent of Corruption in the Public Sector",Transparency International (TI) Pakistan reported that the highest amounts of bribery were spent on people affiliated with the judiciary.[50]Later in 2010, TI Pakistan presented a breakdown of the various actors in the judicial system involved in corruption. A majority of the participants reported that they, or someone in their household, has been subjected to an act of corruption while interacting with someone from the judiciary. When asked of the actors involved, 33.62% people said court employees, 23.73% saidpublic prosecutors,14.12% said witnesses, 12.43% said judges, 8.19% said opponent lawyer, 4.52% saidmagistrateswhile 3.39% mentioned others.[51]

In a 2011 survey, TI Pakistan identified judiciary as the most corrupt institution in Pakistan alongside police.[52]Nevertheless, with the proceedings of some high-impact corruption cases against government officials, including the prime minister, theSupreme Courtdemonstrated its positive role in tackling corruption. Where the apex court was being hailed for its anti-corruption efforts in 2013,[53]Mehmoodul Hassan, a member of the Sindh Bar Council, alleged thatnepotismand corruption were still"rampant"in the lower judiciary, particularlyhigh courtsand the lower courts, where people were unlawfully promoted within the judiciary.[54]

Education[edit]

See also:Education in Pakistan

In the 2010, TI Pakistan reported that about 23.7% of those surveyed received admission in educational institutions through non-normal and alternate procedures.[55]One of the biggest problems identified in the country is the presence of a non-uniform educational system.[56]The private sector actively encourages western educational models such as theGeneral Certificate of Secondary Educationusing this to justify unaffordable fees they charge ordinary citizens.[57]Finding gain in such enterprises, the elite class amongst politicians,technocrats,bureaucratsand businessmen usually capitalise in this venture. These attitudes can also explain the deteriorating standards in the public sector educational institutes. On the other hand, state-owned public schools face several challenges including poor management and governance, and incompetence of consecutive governments in the education sector. Further factors for failing standards in state-run institutions include lack of funding, non-utilisation by elite classes, appointments of under-qualified faculty.[58]

For a brief time during the regime of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan received unprecedented investments in its higher-education sector – this funding faltered with the arrival ofZardari'sgovernment after 2008.[59]In 2011, Dr Syed Abdul Aziz, director ofHamdard Institute of Education and Social Sciencesdeclared education as one of the most corrupt sectors in Pakistan.[60]According to 2013 findings by Transparency International, factor that contribute to this corrupt culture in the sector include embezzlement of development funds allocated by the government, thousands ofghost schoolsthat appear only on paper, bribes taken to sell confidential material to candidates, poor or under-utilisation of funds and an inertia to change on the behalf of theeducation ministry.[61]

Health care[edit]

See also:Health care in Pakistan

In 2010, 42% of surveyed individuals reported gaining access to hospital services by a method other than standard admission, and 48% reported either having to pay additional costs for essential services or being forced to utilize the services of a designated affiliate. Of the respondents who were asked to identify which parties orchestrated the corrupt acts, 61% reported hospital staff, 25% reported doctors, and 13% reported nurses.[62]

Police and law enforcement[edit]

See also:Law enforcement in Pakistan

Corruption is found to be commonplace in the lower levels of police.[63]Police was observed as the most corrupt sector in a 2013 survey by Transparency International (TI).[64]This situation has persisted since the graft watchdog's July 2010 survey,[65]in which it was noted that the major cause for corruption in this sector was due to a lack of accountability and merit, and low salaries.[63]Payment of bribes in order to escape and avoid charges was also commonplace; 31% of 4,224 respondents reported paying bribes to the police.[62]Citizen journalists upload instances of police officials taking bribes on social networking and video sharing websites likeYouTube.[66][67]

Ordinary citizens face challenges in reporting instances of corruption they encounter with the police. In 2005, Prime MinisterShaukat Azizordered an investigation into claims by a 23-year-old woman who alleged that, in retaliation for attempting to reveal police corruption, police falsely detained her for fifteen days and raped her.[68]

Public utilities[edit]

Further information:Electricity sector in Pakistan

As of 2002, 96% of surveyed individuals reported corruption issues with electrical utility officials during the past year.[69]The most common types of corruption were billing related. Some consumers admitted to illegally reducing their utility bills, while others reported being harassed with inflated bills intended to solicit bribes. Out of the pool of corruption-affirmative respondents, 71% reported that money was "demanded directly by the actor".[69]

Sports corruption[edit]

See also:Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal

In August 2010, reporters fromNews of the Worldorchestrated asting operationwhich was able to identify three Pakistani cricket players –Salman Butt,Mohammad AsifandMohammad Amir– and a bookmakerMazhar Majeedof being complicit in arow over spot-fixingin the fourth England-Pakistan test match atLord's.[70]The cricketers each received 30 months, one year and six months jail term respectively while the bookmaker received two years and eight months jail term in a verdict issued by the Southwark Crown Court on November 3, 2011.[71][72][73][74]Following these events, on 15 November 2011, the chairman of thePakistan Cricket Board,Zaka Ashraf established an anti-corruption unit to prevent players from becoming involved in illegal betting practices.[75]The cricket board has introduced new anti-corruption laws in order to bring accountability among cricketers and board officials.[76]

Taxation[edit]

Further information:Taxation in Pakistan

According to the 2002 study, 99% of 256 respondents reported facing corruption of taxation. Furthermore, 32% of respondents reported paying bribes to have their tax assessment lowered, and nearly 14% reported receiving fictitious tax assessments until a bribe was paid.[69]

Electoral[edit]

Further information:Electoral fraud in Pakistan

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and Vietnam

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Transparency International Pakistan (2007)."How Integrity Pacts Helped Generate Market Competition in Pakistan"(PDF).Transparency International.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-06-18.Retrieved2013-12-26.
  • Transparency International Pakistan (2009)."Annual Report on Pakistan"(PDF).Transparency International.Retrieved2013-12-26.

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