Corruption decreases slightly in Pakistan

September 24th, 2008 by Shakir Lakhani ( 353 Views )

The latest news from Transparency International is that Pakistan is not as corrupt as it used to be. Last year Pakistan was the forty sixth most corrupt country, but this year it has moved up to forty second place. Although this is not the kind of news which should make us proud, and it will be a long time before we get to be the least corrupt country (which is presently Denmark), at least we should rejoice that the nation has improved a bit.

If it’s any consolation, India also became more corrupt this year and it was deemed to be more corrupt than China (both were equally corrupt last year). India, of course, is well-known for the corruption of its parliamentarians, who took huge bribes this year to vote in favour of signing the controversial Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, which is likely to make India another satellite of the U.S. Bangladesh also improved a bit and it is now the tenth most corrupt country (last year it was at no. 3).

Now that Mr. Ten Percent is at the helm, it is most likely that Pakistan will see more and more corruption, perhaps securing the number one (most corrupt) position next year.

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