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Has Pakistan's accountability system protected or undermined democracy?

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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsEvidence (8)Past questions (2)Same themeDid the 18th Amendment strengthen or weaken Pakistan's federation?Was Pakistan's delayed constitution-making caused by leaders or by structural divisions?Does a parliamentary or presidential system better suit Pakistan?

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Causes of accountability failure under democratic regimes, corruption's effect on democracy, institutional weaknesses, redressal mechanisms
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2021 · CSS Public Administration · AnalyseExamine how corruption in public services undermines democracy. Discuss its possible redressal mechanism. Outline it
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Control of corruption governance estimate: Pakistan control-of-corruption estimate -1.07 on WGI’s approx. -2.5 to +2.5 scale in 2024. (2024)World Bank Sovereign ESG/WGICorruption Perceptions Index: Pakistan scored 28/100 and ranked 136/182 in CPI 2025. (2025)Transparency InternationalFIA registered 46,399 enquiries and 10,387 cases in 2024. (2024)FIACPI score: 28/100 (2025)Transparency International
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Digital public asset declarations: IMF program required high-level public officials’ asset declarations to be digitally filed and publicly accessible, with safeguards for private information; the benchmark was reported as met. (2025)IMFPakistan CPI score: Pakistan scored 28/100 and ranked 136th of 182 countries in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index. (2025 index)Transparency InternationalCivic space and corruption: Transparency International reported that 36 of the 50 biggest CPI decliners had restricted civic freedoms. (2025)Transparency InternationalPakistan public-service bribery experience: Transparency International’s Pakistan page reports 25% of public service users paid a bribe in the previous 12 months, based on the most recent GCB Asia-Pacific publication cited there. (GCB Asia-Pacific 2017 (latest cited))Transparency International

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2021
CSS · Public Administration · Analyse

Examine how corruption in public services undermines democracy. Discuss its possible redressal mechanism.

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2000
CSS · Public Administration · Recommend

A fair, free and transparent system of accountability is a pre-requisite of public administration in a democratic state. Identify the causes and suggest remedies for the failure of system of accountability during the democratic regimes in Pakistan.

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