2007 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

The power struggle that gripped Pakistan in late 2007 was foreshadowed in this assessment, which covers the period from July 2006 to June 2007. Executive accountability and legislative accountability score poorly, while judicial accountability and rule of law (a measure of judicial branch effectiveness) earn moderate scores. The judiciary (and lawyers, generally) later became a key player in protesting the suspension of Pakistan's constitution. Pakistan performs below the median in election inclusiveness and election oversight; regulation of political financing is rated as very weak.