Re: A big global scandal...and who is at the top?
I think it has been comprehensively proven through Panama papers that the Sharifs owned these properties since the 90s. So Hussain Nawaz's assertion that he bought them in 2006 has already been proven a lie. I dont mind letting him slide on that lie, as its just a technicality......but what that proves is that since the properties were bought in the 90s, the money for them was not sent from Saudi, but from Pakistan.
Now if the Sharifs claim everything was legit, it will take them** all of 3 minutes to extract transaction receipts** from the State bank to prove legitimacy. They dont have to do anything else. Just produce records that state that you transferred x million dollars out of Pakistan to London through the State bank.
But thats the problem. No such transaction exists. It was done through money laundering....which is why Nawaz Sharif and his cronies are talking about everythign under the sun...........pre-partition, post partition,....dada's factory in the 50s......bhuttos nationalization in the 70s.........but then they hop, skip and jump over the 80s and 90s, and rush straight to 2000.....Musharraf's take over....Steel mill in Makkah....Steel mill in Jeddah....Properties in UK.
Ha!
Once upon a time, all PMLN had to do was to open up four constituencies for investigation (as promised in the parliament!) to show they have done nothing wrong! But we all know how PMLN delayed and dodged that demand for over two years, so this is exactly what they will do with the allusive Panama leaks investigation as well.
There won't be any receipts of bank transaction as the money was illegally smuggled out of the country. PMLN went home twice in the 90s due to corruption and rigging,
and these two issues are coming back again, and they will continue to come back until there is no accountability.
There is no doubt that PMLN is more corrupt than PPP. The PPP walas just don't have the intelligence level of PMLN to do extensive white collar corruption, and PMLN being bunch of oligarchs have naturally mastered that art.
It is interesting how PMLN kept the front of 'friendly opposition' to PPP at party level, but with the help of Jang/Geo group, columnists and SC judge Iftikhar Ch did ruthless campaign against them on corruption. The plan worked and it turned PPP's PR into ashes. So much for Zardari being a smart crook or what not, it never occurred to him that investment in the media and judiciary is essential for survival in politics, especially if you are a criminal.