Report on Corruption in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Transparency international has published their report blaming Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to be the first in the corruption Index.

There are three aspects to the issue.

One is the inefficiency and lack of professionalism of transparency Int'l while conducting a survey in a fake and banana state like Pakistan where there is a lot of bias [their office is based at Karachi hence highlighting the report when there is a cold war between ANP and MQM has a lot of meaning in it].

Secondly the scope of survey was not aimed at the Pakhtuns specific areas and only covered non Pakhtun areas which is professional dishonesty.

Thirdly there is corruption in Pakistan in general and no steps have been taken to reduce it on state level.

The first two points should not bother Pakhtuns but the third point of reducing corruption should be taken seriously. Belonging to a poor and agrarian society , the govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should first try to know the causes of corruption and then find ways and means to eradicate these causes on provincial level atleast.

The basic cause of corruption is the lack of mechanisation and Production. The more a society depends upon human interactions the more it is vulnerable to corruption.

Hence the first step should be that systems should be mechanised ,systematised and computerised. The information explosion via the Internet, the mechanisation of transactions including bank, the seeking of jobs using cyber technology, the earning of income using e-commerce etc have all reduced a lot of corruption and created a lot means of income. The percentage of corruption in these institutions is much less than those sectors which use manaul methods for transactions.

The second step is increasing industrial base and means of production. Increasing the means of Production reduces the liability of a society to be a consumer society and hence creates more and more jobs thereby giving opportunities to the people to earn money who would otherwise use unfair means to grab money and hence increase corruption in the society.

Without increasing Production capabilties and mechanisation of various sectors ,to think that people will stop corruption by listening to the sermons of clergy is a utopian idea.

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so how are we going to fchange this?

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so how are we going to fchange this?

The more we contribute to creating technology and doing R and D the more we get empowered hence reducing the chances of corruption. The authorities in the higher echelons of power have to be suggested and if they do not respond even pressurised to devise policies which are pro-technology. Any corrupt ruling junta will always give last or least priority to the education, science and technology and would like to benefit from the involvement of masses in non issues.

By floating debate on topics like how to exploit the natural resources in Afghanistan, the GDP,the per capital income, the literacy rate, the accountability of funds for development, the transparency of the fund allotment to the already initiated projects, the policies related to foreign investment , mutual trade with neighboring countries, the taxation and their utility, the practicability and utility of the educational curricula we would help Afghanistan to prosper and progress and compensate for the loss it has incurred during the last 30 years for being the chess ground of international and regional forces .

Institutionalisation is another goal to be achieved by the Afghans. Free media can play a very pivotal role in this regard. It helps not only to present the real image of the nation to the world but also pin points the real issues on ground being faced by its people. This ultimately will help in strengthening the institutions in Afghanistan thereby ensuring the rule of law and helping to transform Afghanistan from a tribal society to an industrialized society with major focus on urbanization of the rural population by opening new vistas of opportunities.