KARACHI: Hashmat Habib, President Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Adlia is going to appear before Chief Justice Peshawar High Court today (Friday) on behalf of the Transparency International (TI) relating to a survey report that ranked judiciary of Pakistan as the third most corrupt institution in the country.

The report was published in media on 11-12-2023 while Chief Justice of Peshawar High issued show-cause notice for personal appearance of a responsible officer from TI before the Court on Friday 22 December 2023. Senior lawyer Hashmat Habib is also a Trustee of the Pakistan Chapter Transparency International.

It may be mentioned here that Pakistan was the 140 least corrupt nations out of 180 countries, according to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index reported by Transparency International. Corruption Rank in Pakistan averaged 112.30 from 1995 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 144.00 in 2005 and a record low of 39.00 in 1995. Police in Pakistan remained the most corrupt institution, followed by tendering and contracting and judiciary, the Transparency International (TI) Pakistan reported in its latest corruption survey in the South Asian country.

At national level, National Corruption Perception Survey 2023 revealed that police remain the most corrupt sector (30%), Tendering and Contracting was seen as the 2nd most corrupt (16%) and Judiciary 3rd most corrupt (13%). The provincial breakdown of the three most corrupt sectors reveals that in Sindh, Police has climbed to become the most corrupt sector (37%), Tendering and Contracting was seen as the 2nd most corrupt (14%), while Education improved to become the 3rd most corrupt since NCPS 2022 (13%).

In Punjab, Police continued to remain the most corrupt sector (25%), Judiciary (17%) and Health (15%) climbed to become the 2nd and 3rd most corrupt sectors since NCPS 2022. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Police has climbed to become the most corrupt sector (37%), Judiciary (15%) and Tendering and Contracting (13%) improved to become the 2nd and 3rd most corrupt sectors since NCPS 2022. In Balochistan, Tendering and Contracting (31%) remained the most corrupt sector, Police (20%) was seen as the 2nd most corrupt, while Judiciary (16%) as the 3rd most corrupt.

In the last 23 years, Transparency International Pakistan conducted National Corruption Perception Surveys eight times: NCPS 2002, NCPS 2006, NCPS 2009, NCPS 2010, NCPS 2011, NCPS 2021, NCPS 2022 and NCPS 2023. The NCPS 2023 comprises the perception of levels and frequency of corruption perceived by the Pakistani Citizens.

TI Pakistan conducted National Corruption Perception Survey 2023 through its Partner Organizations, in all four provinces from 13 October 2023 to 31 October 2023 with 1,600 respondents (400 respondents from each Province). NCPS 2023 presents both provincial and national level analysis of the results as well as gender analysis of the survey results. The national level results are calculated by taking an average of provincial results on each question.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 22 2023

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