Causes of Corruption and Remedial Measures

The question is can a person who is caught up in a dust-storm be helped to inhale pure oxygen? When thick clouds of pungent smoke hover around will there be any safer haven available to breathe fresh air? It is a fact that surrounded by filth, muck and smog no effort to remain clean is likely to succeed. In a densely populated urban town, no one escapes the polluted environment poisoned by dust raised by the traffic, gases emitted by vehicles and wastes released by factories and small time workshops. This state of affairs goes from bad to worse regardless of the anti-pollution measures taken by the civic authorities and passage of Laws for the prompt disposal of wastes that are harmful to humans, animals and vegetation. The kind of conclusion these ground realities lead us to is that our lifestyle is shaped by the circumstances we live in.. Similarly our individual and social behaviour, conduct, habits inter-relationships, approaches to our official, commercial and national responsibilities is determined by the system in which we are made to spend our lives. The system prevalent in Pakistan has taken the whole nation hostage and nationals are obliged to function within the parameters set by it. Corruption is one of its outstanding contributions in vogue ever-since the birth of Pakistan. The system is feudalism with its aversion to democracy, literacy, equitable distribution of wealth and Islamic way of life and mainspring of corruption that is aggravating with the passage of time.