Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Wednesday denied allegations that he was at the center of an embezzlement scheme spanning the last decade. “I’m looking you in the eye today to say: your president, whom you voted for, is not guilty of corruption,” Moise told a press conference. “The people who mishandled and misused state funds […]
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Three killed in Ramadan violence in restive Thai south
Two people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in a market place bombing in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, a military spokesman said Tuesday — an apparent retaliatory attack for the killing of a wanted rebel leader. Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, have since 2004 been plagued with conflict between ethnic Malay-Muslim rebels and […]
Audit Dept official arrested for corruption
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Saturday arrested Rahim Yar Khan Municipal Committee Audit Deputy Director Hatim Bakhtiyar for allegedly taking bribes. ACE Deputy Director Syed Ayub Bukhari and Civil Judge Rashid Afzal arrested Bakhtiyar red-handed from Jugnu Chowk. Talking to reporters, Bukhari said that citizen Muhammad Arshad had submitted a written application with the ACE, […]
NAB chief reviews bureau’s awareness, enforcement policy
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal on Thursday reviewed the latest progress on NAB’s awareness, prevention and enforcement policy on “Our Faith – Corruption-Free Pakistan” at the NAB Headquarters. Speaking on the occasion, the NAB chairman said the anti-graft watchdog was mandated to carry out awareness and prevention functions against corruption in […]
The many faces of corruption
Corruption may be nearly as old as human history. As global economy expanded substantially during the 20th century, proceeds of corruption increased in absolute terms. Given its very nature, it is hard to estimate the global magnitude of corruption with certainty. The World Bank estimates that the annual corruption proceeds exceed $1.5 trillion, or 2 […]
Brazil football legend Ronaldinho raps against corruption
Brazil’s Ronaldinho has found a second calling after retiring from professional football: rapper. The former Brazil national and FC Barcelona megastar – full name Ronaldinho Gaucho – has released a song along with Brazilian singer Jorge Vercillo decrying corruption in their country. The 2005 Golden Ball award winner appears in a video, recorded in a […]
Alvi says NAB’s role pivotal for elimination of corruption
President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has a pivotal role for the elimination of corruption from the country. Talking to NAB Chairman Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, who called on him at the Presidency, Alvi said indiscriminate accountability was need of the hour in order to discourage corrupt elements. […]
Does Sudan’s revolutionary anecdote is repetition of Pakistan’s resistance movement
On April 11, 2019, Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al- Bashir was deposed by the military after approximately four months of demonstrations. While some are applauding it as the extension of the Arab Spring, others are calling it a long-awaited Democratization of Africa. It would be unfair to admire Sudanese triumph without mentioning the sublime role […]
It’s now or never!
Fighting corruption must be the priority in our country if we want to bring this nation back on the right path. The dismal state of our economy, the difficulties that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) faces, the deteriorated state of the institutions including the judiciary are, among other reasons, due to corruption that over the decades […]
Incompetence worse than corruption: Atif Mian
Pakistani-American economist Atif Mian put up a twitter poll on Wednesday that proved to be quite a discussion among the Twitterati. He asked if corruption is the bigger problem or incompetence, in the developing countries, Atif questions, “which one is the bigger constraint in the developing countries,” the poll had both ‘corruption of the elite’ […]