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Pakistan only SAARC country to improve Corruption Perceptions Index: Transparency International
The Transparency International (TI) has declared that Pakistan is the only country among the five SAARC members that improved its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score.
Islamabad: The Transparency International (TI) has declared that Pakistan is the only country among the five SAARC members that improved its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) score.
The other four countries scored the same or less points as compared to the score in 2014.
TI Pakistan said that the CPI score for Pakistan had again increased by one point to 30, and the country's rank had improved by three, reports Dawn.
The index covered perceptions of public sector corruption in 168 countries.
Overall, two-thirds of the 168 countries on the 2015 index scored below 50, on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 100 (perceived to be very clean).
The CPI 2015 showed that people working together can succeed in the battle against corruption.
