KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples party (PPP) senior leader Sherry
Rehman on Tuesday said that Transparency International Corruption Perception
Index (CPI) ranking is a charge-sheet against the incumbent government.
Sherry Rehman, in a tweet, said that decline of Pakistan’s ranking by 16
positions in the report exposes the government’s narrative. The rulers who
promised to end corruption in the country have in fact increased the
ill-practice in country.
The PPP leader said that government’s accountability drive is only to target
political opponents; however, the report has exposing the corruption of PTI,
she added.
It merits mention that Pakistan has slipped by 16 points on the
international Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and stands at 140th
position in comparison to 124th position in 2020.
The Berlin-based non-profit releases the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)
every year, ranking 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels
of public sector corruption according to experts and business people.
Pakistan lost 16 positions in 2021 compared to 2020 and 20 positions
compared to 2019. In 2020, Pakistan ranked 124th on the global corruption
list and 120 in 2019. -Agencies
