IMF wants govt to boost transparency of anti-graft body

Before the 2027 amendments, an earlier structural benchmark has required the government to reach an agreement with the IMF on a methodology for a corruption risk assessment for an anti-corruption action plan to be led by NAB. It will also publish corruption vulnerabilities in the top 10 identified departments based on an institutional-level risk assessment, including adopting a methodology approved by the Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) Committee, chaired by the law ministry. Strengthening the effectiveness of the anti-corruption institutions has become a greater focus for IMF following the publication of its governance and corruption diagnostic assessment (GCDA) last year. The government recently revised the Civil Servant (Conduct) Rules to ensure the online publication of asset declarations by senior federal civil servants by the end of December 2026. In December last year, Pakistan published the Prime Minister’s Economic Governance Reform (EGR) Plan based on the key GCDA recommendations, which sets out 15 reform actions with key performance indicators, timelines, and monitoring modalities. The authorities have committed t