CORRUPTION IN PAKISTAN SOCIETY

INTRODUCTION
In philosophical or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from
an ideal. In economy, corruption is payment for services or material which the recipient is not due,
under law. This may be called bribery or kickback.
Corruption in Pakistan is widespread, particularly in the government and lower levels of police
forces. The country has had a consistently poor ranking at the Transparency
International's Corruption Perceptions Index with scores of 2.5 in 2011, 2.3 in 2010, and
2.5 in 2009 out of 10. In 2011, Pakistan ranked 134 on the index with 42 countries ranking worse.

BACKGROUND
Pakistan was created as a result of the partition of India and the British left behind a
strong bureaucracy and army. The country was divided again when Eastern Pakistan seceded to
form Bangladesh. A factor in this division was that Bengal's elite and ruling class had been Hindus
who were displaced by the partition, while the Punjab's rich land-owning class were Muslims and so
had retained power.
Corruption remains a substantial problem for Pakistan where it is still observed to be widespread and
systemic. Minor corruption in the form of bribery is widespread in law enforcement, procurement and
the provision of public services. The judiciary is not seen as independent and considered to be
defending corrupt political practices from prosecution. Various efforts over the past years have tried to
develop institutional mechanisms to address these problems. A National Anti-Corruption Strategy,
which was developed in 2002, offers a comprehensive plan for tackling corruption. The executing
agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), is endowed with comprehensive powers to
investigate and prosecute cases. However, a lack of political will, coupled with the perceived cooption of the judiciary and the arbitrariness of many anti-corruption proceedings, are major obstacles.

WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF CORRUPTION?

For some, being corrupt may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want. At
times, a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that
politicians, policemen, and judges seem to ignore corruption or even practice it themselves merely
follow their example.
People with low salaries come to feel that they have no option. They have to demand bribes if they
want to make a decent living. And when those who force bribes or pay them to gain an unfair
advantage go unpunished, few are prepared to swim against the tide.
Two powerful forces keep stoking the fires of corruption:
**selfishness **and **greed***.

Because of selfishness, corrupt people turn a blind eye to the suffering that their corruption inflicts on
others, and they justify bribery simply because they benefit from it. The more material benefits they
amass, the greedier those practicers of corruption become.

Cause of Corruption in Moderen Day Pakistan

Pakistan is so much gifted by God that it possesses almost all the natural resources a country can
desire of. It has all kinds of seasons, rivers, sea ports, glaciers, mountains, deserts, and an ideal soil
for agriculture, gasses, gold mines, mineral coal mines and a blend of different cultures. When I think
of all this, a big question storms into my mind that if Pakistan is that much blessed then why is there
so much poverty around? Why are people committing suicide because they are not able to feed their
children? Why do we witness darkness almost half of the day? A country that used to give pride on its
agriculture now sees sugar or wheat crisis after every 2/3 months, such a blessed country is dependent
on foreign aid to run its affairs and all the major decisions of this country are taken outside of its
boundaries.

BY LAWS FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION

The anti-corruption laws applicable with in Pakistan are
The Corruption prevention Act 1947
The Pakistan Panel code (PCC) 1977
The Ehtasaab Act 1997
National Accountability Act 1999
There are anti corruption agencies in Pakistan at federal level are
Federal investigation agency[FIA]
National accountability bearu[NAB]
Office of wifaqi muhtasib

ARE WE MORALLY WRONG

A majority of Pakistanis are always complaining to GOD about being forced to live in a country
where the president is accused of being involved in various forms of crimes, the most prominent of
which is corruption. Everything that goes wrong in this country
is blamed on the President and his team. People never get tired of complaining about the shameful
rule of President Asif Ali Zardari, nor are they ever able to shake off the feeling of injustice at the
hands of GOD.

Corruption has become part of everything we do and everywhere we go, be it a school, a hospital, a
restaurant, an office, a factory, a bank or any other place. People are not willing to take the long and
hard walk to success and accomplishment of a goal,
which is why they go for the short-cuts. These short-cuts often are in no way legal and only serve to
plague the society with injustice and immorality. People are becoming deaf to the voice of their
conscience and letting their desires lead the way.

Every time the plague of corruption is pointed out to the people, they pretend to be innocent and put
the entire blame on a certain type or class of people. The rickshaw drivers, shop-keepers, patwaris,
etc. is where the entire blame of corrupt practices
is dumped. Little does anyone realize that they themselves are involved in corrupt practices and also
promote it. These practices are so many that it might take an entire day to list them as almost every
third activity that we do has a small of corruption
in it.

It is high time that we realize the people of Pakistan realize their mistakes and start working on
correcting them. It is only after ridding themselves of corruption that they can start pointing fingers at
others, even their president whom they believe to
be one of the most corrupt human being in the world.

AS A STUDENT ARE WE CORRUPT?

As a student are we are corrupt? This question should be entertained! Yes we are
corrupt if we use involve in following activities.

We not giving attention to our religion and studies.

Using unfair means during examinations
Doing plagirism during assignments!
For not being punctual etc.