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More than 90 per cent of Pakistanis believe that inflation and price hikes are the highest in the PTI government’s tenure compared to previous governments.
This information came to light in a recent nationwide perceptions survey by Transparency International released on Wednesday.
According to the results of the National Corruption Perception Survey 2021, 92.9pc of Pakistanis “consider inflation and price hike to be the highest in the current PTI government (2018-2021), compared to 4.6pc in the PML-N government (2013-2018) and 2.5pc in PPP government (2008-2013)”.
In addition, 85.9pc of the people surveyed said their income had shrunk during the last three years.
When asked about the reasons behind inflation and unemployment, 50.6pc of them cited government incompetence, 23.3pc said corruption, 16.6pc said lack of policy implementation and 9.6pc blamed undue interference of politicians in government affairs.
A majority of the survey respondents — 85.9pc — believed the federal government’s self-accountability was unsatisfactory.
Moreover, 66.8pc of them perceived the government’s accountability drive to be partial.
According to the survey, Pakistanis perceived the police as the most corrupt sector (41.4pc), followed by the judiciary (17.4pc).
The survey also looked at people’s perceptions about local governments, especially in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Centre’s measures to combat it.
Around 47.8pc of Pakistanis surveyed said the government’s campaigns to create awareness about the pandemic could have been launched in an “effective” manner if elected representatives of local bodies were present.
