Does corruption lurk in the health sector of Pakistan ?
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Transparency International’s World Corruption Report of 2007 with its focus on corruption in the judicial system is of contemporaneous relevance to Pakistan with respect to the spotlight on the judiciary. However, its findings have also opened a debate in many sectors in the country owing to its inclusion of Pakistan amongst the 37 countries studied and the sectoral comparative rankings. The interest in the area has also been further exacerbated by reports of two recently conducted surveys in Pakistan. According to the first, a perception survey of civil servants conducted by PIDE, 93% of the respondents think that performance of the civil services has deteriorated over the years. According to the second survey conducted by Gallup, 43% of the urbanites believe corruption is prevalent in the country.
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