In political context the word corruption has two aspects – social and political. The social aspect includes social behaviour, moral and religious while the political aspect implies political and administrative or politico-administrative. Social corruption includes breach of social customs, habits, creeds affecting people; sexual harassment, creation of social evils and so on. In the situation who gets what from corruption depends in large part on the nature of both the political system and the political elite. Antecedents of Corruption: The problem is all the more important in developing countries because high political corruption would impede the establishment of a political order and the stability of political institutions and the legitimacy of the political class.

Source: Pakistan Today July 19, 2019 15:45 UTC