South Asia these days is buzzing with election activity. Both Pakistan and India are struggling with transparency in the upcoming election contests. Every election in the region is marred with corruption and fraud. The intensity and rhetoric for honesty and integrity are high but practice amounts to zero.
Last week election commission of Pakistan accepted nominations papers from people required in fraud and murder cases, from candidates with the huge amount of wealth with no apparent source of income and money trail.
When a common man confronts candidates regarding their performance in the past and holds them responsible and accountable for the present misery of people, these candidates - men and women of influence with wealth and authority frowned upon them. The words accountability and transparency are strongly detested by these people. Therefore it might be beneficial for the common person to have a simple tutorial on the definition of accountability so they can ask relevant questions and practice themselves as well. read more............
