Anti-corruption Institutions and Governmental Change in Pakistan

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ID2634840
AutoresZulfiqar Ali (0000-0001-9291-8342, University of Karachi, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Data de publicação2018-04-06
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSouth Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1960-6060 • E-ISSN: 1960-6060
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/samaj.4499
OpenAlexW2796402774
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas30

In Pakistan, the struggle over power often provokes people to spin the law towards their own interests and (mis)use state institutions to reach political ends. Under such conflictual circumstances, anti-corruption institutions are frequently used by the people in power to persecute opposition parties. This paper has two aims. First, it attempts to show that political disputes and the conflict between civilian and military authorities have not only led to the foundation of anti-corruption agencies at the national level—the Ehtesab Cell (EC) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB)—but also created a bias against civilian institutions in the legal provisions that regulate their activity. Second, the paper uses new statistical data to show that the NAB, founded in November 1999, has tended to side with the interests of the parties and people in government

Corporate governance · Democracy · Democratic governance · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Good governance · Language change · Management · Political corruption · Political economy · Political science · Political stability · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration