NAB Role in Corruption

NAB was able to recover hundreds of billions of rupees from politicians and former officials responsible for causing enormous financial loss to the country but failed to eradicate corruption. It has been more than eleven years since NAB was established, yet in view of political pressures it has not been able to perform independently and effectively. In fact, corruption cannot be eradicated only by NAB as it must get the required support from state and societal institutions. When the menace of corruption has deepened and has acquired patronage at the highest level, NAB is simply power-less in fulfilling its mandate.

Corruption has put a question mark as far as the future of Pakistan is concerned. As said earlier, Pakistan has reached the stage of a fragile state because of mis-governance, breakdown of rule of law, extremism, militancy, nepotism, poor work ethics and rampant corruption. If such negative trends are not curbed, Pakistan will cross the line which has been drawn between a fragile and failing state.

There are so many examples of failing states, particularly in the third world where the writ of the state is fast disappearing and there is widespread lawlessness. It seems, Pakistan is fast approaching the stage from a fragile to a failing state because no state institution is functioning properly: there is total indifference and apathy to the absence of rule of law and the society is fragmented on ethnic and sectarian grounds.