EVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY LAWS IN PAKISTAN
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https://doi.org/10.47781/asiapacific.vol43.Iss2.7952Keywords:
Anti-corruption agencies, Corruption, Disqualification, Laws, Public ServantAbstract
The British colonial period over the sub-continent of Pakistan and India was based on corruption, favouritism and discrimination. After independence on 14th August 1947, Pakistan inherited corruption, accountability laws and agencies from the colonial era. This study investigates that how the process of making Accountability Laws was further evolved to seize the corruption. It was mainly developed at federal level and almost each Government made their own respective laws with explicit objective that the laws were made to end corruption, corrupt practices and award punishment to the delinquent persons after due process of law. The study discloses that the federating units were also, later on, permitted to make their own respective accountability laws and agencies. The research unearths that the main basis of the accountability laws was the constitutional provisions. The study explores that these laws gave birth to accountability agencies at federal and provincial levels. The study concludes that the accountability laws and agencies failed to keep the country safe from threat of corruption.
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