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PUBLIC OPINION
PERCEPTION OF CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
3,971
respondents
VISIT
government offices
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NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS
ACROSS PAKISTAN
Sindh
Balochistan
Punjab
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
ICT
FATA
TOTAL
1,300
510
2,970
990
40
220
6,030
82%
respondents say
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
50
in government offices
FATA
8%
196
respondents say
17
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
in government offices
ICT
21
72%
respondents say
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
in government offices
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
334
369
52%
respondents say
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
in government offices
Punjab
1,187
564
68%
respondents say
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
in government offices
Sindh
735
74%
respondents say
264
CORRUPTION
EXISTS
in government offices
72% 54%
respondents think
CORRUPTION PREVAILS
in government offices
institutions.
Balochistan stands significantly ahead in
public perception about the corruption levels
in the government departments as compared
to the other provinces and regions. As many
82 percent of respondents in Balochistan, 74
percent in Sindh, 72 percent in Islamabad
Capital Territory, 68 percent in Punjab, 52
percent in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and eight
percent in Federally Administered Tribal
Areas said they believed corruption prevailed
in government departments.
There were 332 instances where the
respondents directly witnessed public
employees accepting bribe. Highest incidence
of public officials accepting bribe was
witnessed in Punjab where 206 around 12
percent of the respondents who had recently
engaged with government offices stated to
have seen government officers taking bribe. It
was followed by Sindh where 106 (10.6%)
respondents engaged with public offices saw
such an incidence. Only four percent
respondents in Balochistan and one percent in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa witnessed such
incidence in their respective provinces.
11.8%
4.0%
1.3%
Pakhtunkhwa
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10.6%