ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has termed Pakistan’s report of Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as biased.
While addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said that Transparency International should reveal its sources from where the data was gathered.
Awan said that the incumbent government would not accept Transparency International’s annual CPI 2019.
Despite the government claims of tackling corruption and launching a stringent accountability drive, Pakistan has fared poorly in a new global report released by Transparency International.
According to the report, Pakistan slipped three points in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and is ranked 120th out of 180 countries. Pakistan managed to score only 32 points while the global average was 43, and also a point lower than in 2018.
The CPI is the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. It scores and ranks countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be by experts and business leaders.
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