Why the Transparency International report hurt the PTI so muchAT PENPOINTThe Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf’s anger at Transparency International for reporting that Pakistan has gone down three places on its Corruption Index is understandable. However, Transparency International is saying that corruption is worse, if anything, and the PTI’s poor governance is not the result of an absence of corruption, but as it is corrupt, a truly non-corrupt government would improve governance. If it was to argue that its poor governance was proof of its honesty, its admission of poor governance would sink it. The Transparency International report mentions one problem that has been solved nowhere, and which the PTI seems to have carried over from its engagement in electoral politics, that of campaign finance. Transparency International Pakistan has offered a clarification saying that it had no role in preparing the report, which was done by headquarters, and the report did not say corruption had increased.

Source: Pakistan Today January 30, 2020 17:26 UTC