Broken Trust: Corruption's Bitter Cost and the mother of all evils

_{Woefully speaking, Pakistan is undergoing multifarious evils, but the most hazardous of them is corruption. Because, corruption is the mother of all evils. It begets political, economical and social problems for a country. Due to corruption a country cannot flourish. Joe Biden, president of United States, said: “Corruption is a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity”, and Olusegun obsanjo, former president of Nigeria, said: “Corruption is the greatest single bane of our society”.}

_{Corruption can be defined as,}

_{misuse of power by any authorized person. Authorized person may be a civil servant, politician and bureaucrat. Corruption is the most menacing than poverty and unemployment. It is biggest conflict of our country. It has been a part of our political and economic life since Pakistan inception. Not only corruption affects economic development, but it also affects equitable distribution of resources across the population and increasing income inequalities. The poor have to suffer because of this issue.}

_{Corruption can be ramified into three kinds: Petty,}

_{Routine and Chronic corruption. Petty corruption can be defined as, nepotism and favoritism. Corrupt people take advantage of available opportunities and appoint their relatives and friends on higher positions leaving deserving people. Routine corruption is defined as, bribery. Many corrupt people who take bribe from compelled people for doing their important works such as: transfer orders, appointment orders and pension after retirement.}

_{According to transparency international Pakistan,}

_{the most corrupt institutions of our country are police (41.4%) and judiciary (17.4%). In police, the highest rating of corruption is increasing exponentially in Pakistan. Many corrupt policemen and also police officers take bribe from compelled people. According to Islamic teachings, corruption is forbidden and there are several hadiths of the prophet Muhammad (saw) that prohibit it. It was narrated by Abdullah bin Amr that the messenger of Allah almighty said: “May the curse of Allah almighty be upon the briber and the bribe recipient”.}

_{Chronic corruption}

_{is defined as a person is doing corruption without thinking about interest of nation and fear of Allah almighty. There are many corrupt politicians in Pakistan; Asif Ali zardari and shahbaz shareef are involved in corruption cases, but the Nawaz shareef has been the most corrupt politician in Pakistan as well as in the world.}

_{In 2017,}

_{Nawaz shareef was removed from Prime Minister office by Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding revelations of panama papers case. In 2018, the Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified to Nawaz shareef from holding public office and he was also sentenced ten years in prison by an accountability court, because Nawaz shareef had more wealth than resources.}

_{Asif Ali zardari is also ranked as 2nd most corrupt politician in the Pakistan. On September 28, the court charged Asif Ali zardari in mega money laundering case. Also in park lane case, Asif Ali zardari was accused of purchasing 307 acres of prime property in Islamabad at very low rates using front men.}

_{Pakistan’s opposition leader Shahbaz shareef is also ranked as 3rd most corrupt politician in Pakistan. Shahbaz shareef was arrested by an anti graft body for his involvement in a housing scam.}

_{We should aware people from corrupt rulers and help them in selection of sincere leaders.}

_{We can know a sincere leader, because the difference between a corrupt and honest person is that the corrupt people has price and the honest people has value. We should select sincere leader who works for nation and his value and welfare of our country. We should be united to solve this problem and make an easy solution of this chronic disease.}

_{Kofi Anan, former UN secretary general,}

_{said: “If corruption is a disease, transparency is essential part of its treatment”. We should improve transparency and spread it in the every corner of our beloved country. We should start eradicating corruption from its base. We should aware not only this generation, but also to our coming generation. So that, if it is uprooted than cannot manage to start again.}