Governance Failures and Corruption in Pakistan: Challenges to the Implementation of SDG 16
In Pakistan, corruption has been cited as a key challenge in governance, deteriorating institutional integrity, economic growth, as well as the practice of democracy. This is a direct problem affecting the Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) dealing with the focus of peace, justice, and strong institutions. Though there have been measures to fight corruption by agencies such as National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), corruption is recurrent in the business premise, courts, political organs and the financial markets. Among those are poor law enforcement, political interference in accountability systems and deficiency of transparency within the institutions.The present study is a critical analysis of the anti-corruption measures in Pakistan in terms of their effectiveness, weaknesses, and possible solutions.
Authors
- Imran Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-2499)
- Khairul Azha Aziz
- Muhammad Hamdi Che Hassan
- Sohrab Khan Magsi
Institutions
- National University of Modern Languages (PK)
- Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (PK)
- University of Swabi (PK)
- Shah Abdul Latif University (PK)
- University of Malakand (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Social science review archives.
- Published
- 2025-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.70670/sra.v3i3.898
- Primary Topic
- Corruption and Economic Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00