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Journalists reporting on local beats like corrupt practices, crimes and politics face more dangers than those working in war zones, a UNESCO analysis of attacks against media persons around the world shows. The stunning report reveals...

As developing countries struggled to pull their countries out of poverty, the United Nations has warned that corruption undermines democratic institutions and creates global instability. Mirella Dummar-Frahi, Civil Society Team Leader at the United Nations Office...

Even the word astronomical might not sound big enough when the annual cost of corruption is counted in monetary terms – $2.6 trillion or five percent of global GDP  – much more than the combined wealth...

Days after ‘Paradise Papers’ exposed stealth practices of the rich and the powerful, United Nations experts say corruption undermines social justice and human rights worldwide. The rights experts working with the world body say rating agencies and...

Refusing to accept a string a raft of blistering corruption accusations by a Supreme Court-mandated probe team, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in no mood to listen to the Opposition calls to quit the office. Sharif’s...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan Photo : Khalid Mahmood/Wikimedia Raising a big question mark over the political future of Pakistan’s ruling Nawaz Sharif family, a Court-mandated Joint Investigation Team that looked into Panamagate allegations against the...

Photo: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons The damning Supreme Court verdict in the Panamagate case against the Sharif family marks unprecedented moral arraignment of a sitting prime minister from multiple angles – it denudes the highest...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family are facing corruption charges in the Supreme Court but the Transparency International says the country has improved in its ranking on the annual Corruption Perceptions Index. Pakistan ranks number...

Money has been the Achilles heel of Pakistan politics. Even so-called champions of change are surrounded by the ubiquitous presence of big money investors. Excess baggage of self-respect is slowly being shed. They travel light. There...

Political tempers simmered down in Pakistan on Tuesday as the Supreme Court moved to form a judicial commission to probe corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family. Opposition leader Imran Khan announced to...