Family Gate Scandal

[Sa1eem]

Re: Family Gate Scandal

@Ali_Syed

The thing is that when Musharraf came to power he gave a tough time to Malik Riaz in the beginning but later he became his ally. So being an army general is not a guarantee that they will go after these mafias, as most of them join them after their retirements.

You are right that being an army general is no guarantee that they would really punish corrupts. As you wrote, many may even join them at some time. That is why we can only talk about chances, and there is no guarantee in chances.

Going after mafia is not a problem, as mafia itself is not problem. Mafias are products of corrupt system (or corruption in system). Mafia exists when country has mega corruption (those holding state power are mega corrupts). Mafia gets their power not because they give bribe, but because officials take bribe from them and let them do what they want. Mafias would vanish when there is strong independent accountability in country and no (or little) corruption amongst those holding power and position.

Anyhow, in my opinion, there are more chances in Pakistan that an army general in power may go after corruption then politician.

If the journalists say they have seen proofs, and the concerned person (Malik Riaz) says he has not shown any proofs. How can the court establish the details when we know most of those who met him are on his pay roll in any case? They can at the most probe Arsalan Iftikhar’s claims, and nothing else.

Court decisions depend on statements under oath. That is the reason, perjury is big crime. If journalists under oath would give statement then it would be considered as truth unless they are proven wrong. If proven wrong then it would be perjury and these journalists could go to prison with heavy fine.

As for who is on Malik Riaz payroll, court cannot speculate that. Anyhow, even if people on Malik Riaz payroll give statement under oath, court cannot ignore that.

You are right. Court once taken sou-moto action, the most they can do is that they can ask any government institution (normally FBI) to probe Arsalan Iftikhar and claims by journalists, nothing else.

This case has proven that the politicians (across the board), military and media all are affected by the mafia. Whereas the judiciary how ever weak and corrupt it may be, they have not finished any case against him.

Mafia do not affect anyone. It is people in power (politicians, military, media, judges, etc) who get affected by Mafia and bribes or threat of Mafia. Government officials are getting affected by people like Malik Riaz due to bribes whereas same government officials are getting affected by strong militant organisation due to threats. Thus, weakness is in people who are holding Government posts (political or bureaucratic).