ISLAMABAD and LAHORE: Observer Transparency International (TI) has ranked Pakistan 140th out of 180 nations in terms of public perceptions…
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Looking at scores from previous years, Pakistan’s CPI ranking has been on the decline: in 2020, the country was ranked 124th out of 180 countries, 120th in 2019 and 117th in 2018.
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Information minister said under the judicial reforms policy, it is mandatory for the courts to decide criminal cases within nine months.
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TI Pakistan Vice-Chair Justice (retd) Nasira Iqbal said: “The absence of Rule of Law and State Capture has resulted in substantial low CPI 2021 score of Pakistan compared to CPI 2020, from 31/100 to 28/100 and rank from 124/180 to 140/180.”
Following the detection of new cases, the overall cases reached 1.37 million, while eight more casualties from coronavirus increased the death toll to 29,105
Sources claimed that a few days ago, PM Khan expressed his dissatisfaction with performance of Shahzad Akbar in a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office.