Menace of corruption

Pakistan has been upgraded in the latest report of corrupt countries released by Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) on 17th November, 2009. No one will be surprised to this abnormal rise in corruption in our country. At the moment, corruption at the top most level is flourishing on a very large scale.
In this context, Supreme Court is hearing two cases in which former Advocate General of Pakistan and a very high influential member of ruling party and others are involved, where millions of rupees have been paid by the petitioners for deciding their cases in their favour. It is ironical that the functionaries of our government are making money by indulging in corrupt practices. This has led to widespread corruption in the middle and lower categories of our government functionaries. Today, one can see in broad daylight, a policeman, the protector and enforcement of the law of the land, taking bribes openly in the presence of the public, from the violator and that too without fear. This clearly shows that our society has become corrupt and this corruption is eating away all our good values.
Unless and until the upper class of our corrupt state functionaries are not given exemplary punishment, publicly, the middle and lower categories of our state functionaries will not change their conduct and thus the poor people of Pakistan will continue to suffer at the hands of these anti-social elements. For eradicating this cancer of corruption from our society, bold steps are needed from the government.
This can be achieved through a team of dedicated persons who are very honest, God-fearing, clean and impartial and bold in conducting the cases of corruption. There is no dearth of such persons in our country. It is the duty of those who are at the helm of affairs to bring forward such persons and entrust them with the task of cleanse the society from corrupt people. Though the task is very tough but if the government gives them moral and material support, with adequate security I am sure that the clean up operation would be a great success and our nation will certainly get rid of these corrupt people.