Break the corruption chainâ€: Celebrations of Intl. anti-Corruption Day Today
- December 9, 2015, 4:25 pm
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HQ City Report
QUETTA: The International anti-Corruption Day is being celebrated today (Wednesday) in Quetta as elsewhere in the country and the world. The theme of the Day for the year 2015 is:
“Break the corruption chain.â€
A function marking the Day is being held under the auspices of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan at a local hotel here.
Chief Minister Balochistan, Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch is likely to be the chief guest at the function. The Chief Secretary as well as the senior government functionaries and senior military officers and dignitaries belonging to various walks of life would be attending the event.
The first position holders of school level as well as college and university level competitions in Urdu and English languages would also deliver speeches in the function.
The function would follow the prize distribution ceremony in which position holders of the competitions as well as other concerned would be given prizes, certificates and shields.
The function, needless to mention here, is part of the celebration of the anti-corruption week being observed in the province from December 7-11, 2015.
During the week, different awareness sessions including the speech and poster making competitions, walks and seminars on the theme of anti-corruption are being organized. The students of various educational institutions including the schools, colleges and universities participated in the activities.
The events were also organized at the district and divisional level.
Needless to mention here is that the anti-Corruption Day is observed on December 9 all over the globe with the aim to raise public awareness of corruption and what people can do to fight it. It is observed on December 9 each year.
International Anti-Corruption Day is a time for political leaders, governments, legal bodies and lobby groups to work together against corruption work by promoting the day and the issues that surround this event. On this day anti-corruption advocates organize events to engage the general public to effectively fight against corruption and fraud in communities.
Background:
Corruption is an issue that affects all countries around the world. It can refer to the destruction of one’s honesty or loyalty through undermining moral integrity or acting in a way that shows a lack of integrity or honesty. It also refers to those who use a position of power or trust for dishonest gain. Corruption undermines democracy, creates unstable governments, and sets countries back economically. Corruption comes in various forms such as bribery, law-breaking without dealing with the consequences in a fair manner, unfairly amending election processes and results, and covering mistakes or silencing whistleblowers (those who expose corruption in hope that justice would be served).
