Dawn: by Asma Jehangir: PAKISTAN remains in the dog house of the international community mainly because its rulers refuse to accept that violence and conflict within the country are escalating and have serious ramifications for the entire region.
Pakistan’s friends fear a severe economic meltdown and there are widespread concerns over continuing corruption which has also partly impaired governance.
Amazingly, while militant non-state actors are knocking down our doors and have successfully solidified their networks, our civil institutions are busy rubbing each others’ noses in the dirt — perhaps for sound reasons but the rubbing is excessive.
Constant political bickering keeps policymakers, the media, the judiciary and the public distracted from the risks we face.
Corruption is rife in all governments and institutions. Sadly, selective investigations often remain inconclusive. Ironically, most of those accused of corruption brazenly say they have been singled out, rather than plead innocence and prove it too.
Categories: Asia, Extremism, Human Rights, Human values, Pakistan, Terrorism
Interestingly when I was working in Pakistan during the late Field Marshall Ayub Khan’s days corruption was (nearly) unknown in Pakistan. It seems that when CIA flooded the country with $$$$$ that is when corruption was if not invented then ‘well nourished’…
Corruption is rampant in the ruling party’s ruling and politics in collaboration with Mullahs. They have no feel for the governance and masses are suffering at the cost of their human rights breaches taking place due to the bad and corrupt governance. Only the people of Pakistan can help remedy the situation not the corrupt governments.