Pakistan to Publish Top Officials’ Assets in 2026 Under IMF Pressure

ISLAMABAD: Under brutal IMF pressure in the $7B bailout, Pakistan has surrendered to public asset declarations of top bureaucrats and officials starting 2026, with risk-based verification and a central digital database on the anvil. The IMF’s Governance Diagnostic rips apart Pakistan’s anti-corruption façade: NAB appointments branded “political compromise”, prosecutions almost non-existent, provincial patronage choking probes, zero unified asset disclosure system, and judiciary/military/NAB chiefs shielded from scrutiny. Dawn exposé lays bare the humiliating concessions: NAB independence overhaul, transparent chairman selection, lifestyle monitoring, and autonomous oversight body now forced on the table.