Uniting with youth against corruption

Uniting with youth against corruption

Corruption: Corruption is the abuse of power or authority for personal gain or to achieve illegal advantages,often at the expense of others or public good or favoring your near and dear.

Elements:

· Abuse or misuse of power: Misuse of power is using the power that is given by someone for your personal advantage and according to your will. It is corruption. · Lack of transparency: Lack of transparency is doing a work secretly or your actions are not transparent and disclose it is corruption. My father always says that: "Any work that you want to do secretly is wrong." · Violation of trust: Violation of trust is breaking and breaching someone’s trust, who trusted on you and handed over power or money or work or business to you. It is also corruption. · Personal gain: Personal gain is using power, money or any other thing given to you by someone for your personal well. It also includes favouring your any near and dear one. Using your power for your advantage and using anything handed over to you illegally according to your desire.

Prominent personalities about corruption

“Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s self-defense, it’s patriotism.” (Joe Biden) → Joe Biden was former president of America. He made statements against corruption. “Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it’s set rolling, it must increase.” (Charles Caleb Colton) → Charles Caleb Colton (1780–1832) was an English author and he stated that corruption and a ball of snow are similar — if they are not controlled urgently, they can increase and destroy a system. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” (John Dalberg Acton) → John Dalberg Acton (1834–1902) was an English historian and politician. He was strongly against corruption, steadfast against misuse of power.

“Nothing is so contagious as corruption and decay.” (Charles Dickens) → Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer who compared the corruption. He said that both corruption and decay destroy and are similar.

Prominent Pakistani leaders

“Corruption is a poison; we must put it down with an iron hand.” (Quaid-e-Azam) → Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was founder of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. “Corruption erodes faith in democracy, and hinders progress.” (Benazir Bhutto) → Benazir Bhutto was prominent Pakistani leader and first woman Prime Minister and a part of Pakistan People’s Party.

“We are determined to tackle corruption at all levels to bring about transparency in system.” (Nawaz Shareef) → Nawaz Shareef is prominent Pakistani leader and former Prime Minister and founder of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz). “Corruption has tarnished the image of Pakistan globally. We must combat it for sustainable growth.” (Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf) → General Pervaiz was former Chief of Army Staff and a powerful and prominent leader. “Corruption is the root cause of all problems in Pakistan. Unless we eradicate it, we cannot prosper as a nation.” (Imran Khan) → Imran Khan was ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan and a powerful leader and founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. “We must build strong institutions to combat corruption.” (Imran Khan)