Is Corruption completely impossible to eliminate in Pakistan?

[FearlessRoar]

Corruption is a significant problem in Pakistan. To address it, we need clear rules, strong institutions, protection for those who report corruption, education on ethics, technology to improve processes, fair pay for public workers, involvement of citizens, and strict laws with severe penalties, as seen in the UAE.

 

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The committee set up to reorganise the provincial anti-corruption department, has given its suggestions, in which, it has suggested to appoint two new senior directors of grade 20 in the department along with the appointment of grade 19 directors at division level and appointment of deputy directors in grade 18 at district level to improve the department’s performance.

The committee formed under the chairmanship of the Special Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Department, Bakhsh Ali Mehr has given suggestions to eliminate the posts of 200 constables and increase the posts of officer cadre in their place.

According to the declaration (minutes) of the meeting issued by the committee, regarding the reorganisation of the department, along with the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment, the work procedure and structure of the KPK department were also reviewed.

Caretaker Chief Minister Sindh Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar had given instructions to the chief secretary Sindh to give suggestions regarding the restructuring of the Sindh’s Anti-Corruption Department.Chief secretary had formed a committee under the chairmanship of Special Secretary Anti-Corruption Bakhsh Ali Chachar, comprising Director of Establishment Shehzad Fazal Abbasi, Deputy Directors Khadim Rajpar, Arif Shah, Assistant Director Irfan Arbab and Section Officer Faraz Shah and directed the committee to review all the laws and functioning of anti-corruption departments of other provinces and report in this regard.

A suggestion to eliminate the existing system of ACCs One, Two and Three to deal with investigations, registration of cases and authorisation of open inquiries in anti-corruption department and to replace it by a provincial committee headed by a chairman and a divisional committee headed by the director was also given. In the recommendations of the committee, it has also been asked to convert the post of director establishment from grade 19 to grade 20, the most important post of the anti-corruption department.

It is recommended to appoint two senior directors (executive) and (legal) of Grade 20 at the Anti-Corruption Headquarters.

It has been recommended to create 12 more posts of deputy directors, 41 assistant directors, 14 inspectors, 102 ASIs, 24 data entry operators in the department.

Source: Express Tribune

Re-organisation of anti-corruption department suggested | The Express Tribune

Appointment of senior directors at division, district levels proposed

tribune.com.pk

 

[Hextro]

You can't completely remove corruption from any part of the world, but you can limit it by having a solid justice system.

The problem with Pakistan is that every sector is involved in some sort of corruption from the top down, whether be it the poor or rich, everyone engages in some form of corruption due to the culture which has normalized it as a part of daily life.

 

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A coterie of corrupt officials in the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has become a strong mafia, sources in the authority said.

The mafia in SBCA, with the backing of influential people including officials, is sheltering illegal construction of portions against bribes running into millions of rupees, an SBCA officer said requesting anonymity.

Residents of the Jamshed Town Zone 2 told The Express Tribune that over the last two decades, thousands of people demolished their old houses and reconstructed residences carved into small portions on the same plot.

Therefore, on a plot of 400 square yards where two families lived on the ground and the first floor, 12 portions of 100 square yards were built in ground plus two structures.

Thus instead of two, now there are 12 families living on the same plot, though the water, sewerage and power supply infrastructure remains unchanged.

The development of portions has put an overwhelming burden on the infrastructure while the practice has therefore been banned by the Sindh High Court.

SBCA sources said that surprisingly, development of portions was being carried out in parts of the city which are already hit by the sewage and water issues. These illegal constructions will further damage the infrastructure. Although the courts are constantly issuing orders, the illegal construction continues.

The lack of action from the SBCA and the offices of the deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners also embolden people involved in the illegal construction.

Sources said SBCA officials were involved in illegal constructions in the city, particularly in the east district, especially in Jamshed Town Zone Two. The illegal development was distorting the face of the planned localities, they said.

An extremely powerful Grade 14 officer in SBCA is supposed to own the whole Jamshed Town Zone 2 system. Residential units are being built with his consent. Sources say that the officer has the responsibility of different areas of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

The corrupt officer is so powerful that he even flouts orders of director of SBCA east district.

Additionally, instead of SBCA director general, officers of Grade 16, 17, and 18 posted in Jamshed Town Zone 2 report to the said Grade 14 officers, sources added.

Source: Express Tribune

‘Corrupt officials patronise illegal construction’ | The Express Tribune

Sources say SBCA employees are involved in allowing unauthorised portions

tribune.com.pk

 

[Sher Khan]

Well, we've got "leaders" who've swindled 190 million pounds from the national treasury and sold state watches being worshipped.

So corruption isn't being rooted anytime soon.

 

[Bewal Express]

Well, we've got "leaders" who've swindled 190 million pounds from the national treasury and sold state watches being worshipped.

So corruption isn't being rooted anytime soon.

The 190mn wasn't looted. Qazi distributed the money to national and Sindh govt. Would you like to apologise for this blatant lie.

 

[ElRaja]

no, corruption is a part of human nature, the focus should be on growing wealth so that the cost of corrupting someone increases, the poorer you are the less it costs to buy you.

 

[FearlessRoar]

no, corruption is a part of human nature, the focus should be on growing wealth so that the cost of corrupting someone increases, the poorer you are the less it costs to buy you.

We can implement the rules and laws that the UAE has implemented against corruption. Believe me, Pakistan will be competing with the Gulf in development in the coming years.

 

[ElRaja]

We can implement the rules and laws that the UAE has implemented against corruption. Believe me, Pakistan will be competing with the Gulf in development in the coming years.

no, you cannot, the UAE has exploited natural resources and cheap labour to build massive wealth for its tiny indigenous population which has very little external accountability, the emirates are run on a corporate model, and the ruling classes are the shareholders. they are hard to corrupt because they make loads of money without it.

to make claims like "pakistan will compete with the gulf...", etc are dangerous, because it trivialises how much hard work and luck is needed to develop, and the timescale is likely to be in multiples of decades, rather than years. for all the things india has gotten right over the last 20 years, it still cannot compete with gulf levels of development.

the idea that pakistan with an anemic local economy, no culture of research and development, internal power struggles, a flailing education system, and a population so big that controlling it is night on impossible, could compete on human development with the middle east just by reducing corruption is a pipe dream.

 

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FIA has blacklisted 87 officers and personnel from across the country

After the report of the Libya and Greece boat accident, the FIA has blacklisted 87 officers from across the country for posting in the immigration department.

According to the details, in the ongoing orders of the FIA, officials and officers from the level of constable to assistant director have been blacklisted.

The officers and personnel included in the FIA's orders were placed on the blacklist and ban list after formal inquiry. Thirteen officers from Karachi zone and two officers from FIA Sukkur are included in the blacklisting orders.

Other officials and officers belong to Gujranwala, Peshawar, Kohat, Multan, Islamabad, Lahore, Faisalabad, and Balochistan.

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