{"id":12538,"date":"2016-09-26T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2016-09-26T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T15:22:31","slug":"president-urges-saarc-countries-to-curb-corruption-through-coordinated-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/2016\/09\/president-urges-saarc-countries-to-curb-corruption-through-coordinated-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"President urges SAARC countries to curb corruption through coordinated efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 696px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-12538-1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/x-flv\" src=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Participants-of-SAARC-Nations-Seminar-on-Anti-Corruption-call-on-President-26-09-16.flv?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Participants-of-SAARC-Nations-Seminar-on-Anti-Corruption-call-on-President-26-09-16.flv\">http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Participants-of-SAARC-Nations-Seminar-on-Anti-Corruption-call-on-President-26-09-16.flv<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain called upon SAARC member states to effectively curb corruption in their respective countries, urged coordinated efforts to counter the trend.<br \/>\nTalking to the delegates of SAARC countries at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here Monday, he said the countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) needed to work jointly by sharing best practices, expertise and experiences among themselves to curb corruption in the region.<br \/>\nThe delegates from Nepal, India, Maldives, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are visiting Pakistan to attend a seminar on anti-corruption.<br \/>\nThe President said seminars on anti-corruption provided a useful platform to SAARC member states to exchange views and benefit from each others&#8217; expertise for effectively curbing corruption in their respective countries.<br \/>\nHe called for regularly holding such seminars and conferences in<br \/>\nthe future as part of the efforts to develop effective strategies to<br \/>\nstem corruption.<br \/>\nHe said the Government of Pakistan was taking all possible measures to curb the menace of corruption. Its approach of zero tolerance against corruption was producing positive results, he added.<br \/>\nThe President called for effective measures to curb corruption to<br \/>\nsave resources which could then be utilized for the welfare of people and progress of the country.<br \/>\nHe said the officers and officials of anti-corruption organizations should not be deterred by any obstacle and should discharge their esponsibilities honestly, to be effective and earn respect.<br \/>\nThe President reiterated Pakistan&#8217;s commitment to economic and social uplift of the people of the South Asian region through mutual cooperation and partnership between member countries.<br \/>\nNational Accountability Bureau Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry lauded the President for taking keen interest in matters relating to eradication of corruption.<br \/>\nHe said the President had always been a champion of anti-corruption, who extended his full support to anti-corruption efforts.<br \/>\nAPP\/hamza\/anm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, Sept 26 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain called upon SAARC member states to effectively curb corruption in their respective countries, urged coordinated efforts to counter the trend. Talking to the delegates of SAARC countries at the Aiwan-e-Sadr here Monday, he said the countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) needed to work jointly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-video","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"post_format-post-format-video"},"video_url":["http:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Participants-of-SAARC-Nations-Seminar-on-Anti-Corruption-call-on-President-26-09-16.flv"],"featured_media_src_url":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/1-123-1024x576.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12541,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions\/12541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vid.app.com.pk\/vid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}