A recent Transparency International report has been met with an eerie silence from quarters which are usually exceptionally passionate about ‘corruption’ in Pakistan. The silence is so deafening that it makes one wonder in amazement. It is doubly queer, given that the country desperately yearns for positive news: news that highlights what the elected representatives of a poor country, ravaged by political upheavals and terrorist conspiracies have managed to do despite unfavourable odds. News that shows how resilient we are as a nation despite our historical troubles and misfortunes.








