Counter corruption

People of Pakistan often wonder why their country has been left behind by South Korea, which once considered us to be its role model. Countries develop when there is rule of law and across-the-board accountability. South Korea does not allow any citizen, who either has pledged an oath of loyalty to another country or owns undeclared assets to hold any public office. It does not offer tax amnesty schemes or gives multiple plots to paid civil or uniformed bureaucracy.

South Korea has invested intensively in human resource development programmes, with an emphasis on science, technology, economics and arts. It offers citizens quality health services and the security of life and private property. There is a strict censure on those holding any public office not to have any conflict of interest. For democracy to function and deliver to people the fruits of progress, accountability must start from the top.

Malik Tariq

Lahore