Pakistan among most corrupt nations: Transparency International

September 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has blamed the Zardari Government for failing to achieve any concrete results from the 'Friends of Democratic Pakistan' moot. "Parking of funds for Pakistan with the World Bank is a clear sign that no country in the world is willing to trust this regime," The Dawn quoted PML-N Central Spokesman Ahsan Iqbal, as saying.

September 25th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has criticized the recent report by the Transparency International, the global anti-corruption watch-dog, which questioned Pakistan's request from the donor countries for more aid and assistance in spite of the massive corruption prevalent in the country. Interacting with media persons during a press conference here, PPP Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab said the report was targeted at influencing public opinion regarding the Gilani government.

September 24th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Just when Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently in New York to participate in the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) meeting, was eyeing utilizing the high profile summit to urge the international community to help Islamabad overcome the crises facing it at present, a report by a global anti-corruption watchdog has served a heavy blow to Zardari's aspirations. A report by the Transparency International has questioned Pakistan's request from the donor countries to help the troubled nation in spite of the prevalent massive corruption in the country.

September 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently in New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly, held separate talks with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former President Bill Clinton. Zardari said meetings with both the leaders were fruitful.

September 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has made it clear that it would maintain a tight vigil on the aid being given to Pakistan to ensure that the funds are being used exactly for the purpose they are meant for. US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson said the US would continue to maintain the various long standing accountability measures to ensure transparency in the distribution of the allocations.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has put out a list of 123 government officials on its website on Thursday, whom the commission wants to penalize or prosecute for corruption charges. This is for the first time that the CVC has made public the name of corrupt officials.

August 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party has accused the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership in Punjab of 'widespread corruption', while the PML-N has rebuffed the allegation, charging the federal government of appointing 'criminals to high positions'. PPP's Information Secretary Fouzia Wahab levelled charges against the Punjab government of colluding with the Transparency International's report, which had claimed that the corruption was declining in Punjab.

July 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would be the fourth most populated country in the world in 2050 if its population continues to grow with the current rate, The United Nations Population Division has said. Pakistan would add another 335 million people to its current population and would thus overtake Brazil and Indonesia as the world's fourth most populated nation in the coming 40 years.

July 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The United States has reprimanded Pakistan for the multi billion rupee Railway scam in which an US firm was denied a fair chance to secure a contract of a whopping 12.5 billion rupees. According to The News, US Senator, Robert P Casey Jr has written a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari telling him about the massive irregularities committed by some of the Pakistan Railway Board's top officials while purchasing 75 electric locomotives from China.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has acceded to the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, an official said. "With the accession to this convention, Pakistan is now party to 11 international conventions against terrorism.

June 17th, 2009 KARACHI - Corruption in Pakistan has surged by whopping 400 percent in the last three years, said National Corruption Perception Survey 2009 carried out by Transparency International. The National Corruption Perception Survey 2009 (NCPS 2009) indicates that the overall Corruption in 2002 has increased from Rs.45 Billion to Rs.195 Billion in 2009.

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Six in 10 Pakistanis believe that their political parties are highly or very highly corrupt. According to a new survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, political parties (60 percent) were public's perception of corruption, followed by parliament (57 percent) and private/business sector (41 percent).

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Politicians and civil servants are rated to be the most corrupt persons according to the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) released by Transparency International, (TI) the global body monitoring corruption in governance. The Indian chapter of the Transparency International, disclosed this here on Wednesday.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - Assassinated Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto has criticized Pakistan's leadership for creating all problems that the country is facing at present. Bhutto charged the state, especially its civil and military machinery, for creating the Taliban menace, whose expanding writ is threatening the existence of the country.

March 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Union Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on Thursday said the Pakistan authorities should take action under the international law and the bilateral assurances given by them. "It is the duty of Pakistan to take action under international law and the bilateral assurances and treaties that have been given," Sharma said at a press conference here.