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Legal and Institutional Framework for Prevention of Corruption in Pakistan in Compliance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
Abstract
Corruption is a universal phenomenon attracting a huge amount of scholarship and media coverage. Corruption has remained a root cause of the falling economy and governance in Pakistan. Pakistan has marked as lack of political will and remaining inactive in framing institutional and legal framework to curb corruption according to the international standards. This paper explores the compatibility of the legal and institutional framework of Pakistan with the UNCAC (United Nations Convention against Corruption) to criminalize the corruption and prevent the same through law enforcement measures. The doctrinal aspects of the study explores the steps taken by Pakistan especially the promulgation of the enforcement of National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999 and role of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in compliance with the UNCAC. Furthermore, this paper describes the role of the political parties to constitute a comprehensive framework to criminalize and root out the problem of corruption
Authors
Dr. Faiz Bakhsh
Assistant Professor of Law, University Gillani Law College, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Zareen Qadeer
Lecturer, Department of Social Work, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Waheed Ahmed Abbasi
Assistant Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Keywords
Bureaucracy, Corruption, Legal Framework, NAB, Pakistan, Political Structure, UNCAC
