These methods include payments to office staff and having to make repeated payments in order to get services. Ninety-five percent of these correspondents also reported additional corruption when it came time to pay the bills. ACFOP has been active in this field, advocating for the poor in provinces like Punjab and Balochistan and offering legal counsel in their struggles against utility companies as a part of their mission.
Corruption in Health Care: According to research from the University of Karachi, petty corruption in health care is an increasingly dire problem in Pakistan. Its research uncovered the widespread presence of corruption in hospitals servicing low-income communities.
It also found that out of people surveyed, one-third encountered corruption in the form of paying bribes during admissions.
People paid these bribes to doctors, hospital staff and even nurses. ACFOP has taken to social media and the public sector to raise awareness of corruption in health care on the provincial and national levels. Corruption in Taxation: Transparency International reports that corruption is prevalent among bureaucrats that involve themselves in tax collection.
Its research found that tax inspectors and officials accounted for 14 percent of bribes that the average consumer paid out in a year. Most of this website should still work, but after upgrading your browser it will look and perform better. Not only does corruption undermine the global health response to COVID, but it also contributes to a continuing crisis of democracy. The explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning global media project known as the "Panama Papers" turned three years old, and there are many reasons to celebrate.
With an average score of just 44 for three consecutive years, the Asia Pacific region is making little progress in the fight against corruption. Why is Asia Pacific making little…. Freedom of information is not only a human right, but an important tool to engage and empower citizens.
It allows them to demand accountability from governments and fight…. Freedom of information is not only a human right, but also an essential tool to engage and empower citizens to demand accountability from governments and fight corruption. In , Pakistan ranked th on the global corruption list and in In neighbouring countries, the corruption score of India, Iran and Nepal also worsened by one point and Malaysia's by two points.
On the other hand, Afghanistan's corruption score improved by 3 and Turkey's by 1. Denmark and New Zealand topped the index this year, with 88 points each. Syria, Somalia and South Sudan are at the bottom of the chart with 14, 12 and 12 points, respectively.
The TI Pakistan Chairman Sohail Muzaffar says Pakistan has scored less than last year on two counts: the rule of law index and varieties of democracy.
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