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God Bless the Free Judiciary. 
** Bhutto faces corruption setback**
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^ I don't know if she faces setback or not, govt also requested de-freezing of her foreign accounts... now there is a good chance that the cases will be done with quickly resulting in "hence proved not guilty due to lack of evidence".
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Such a beautiful political game, in which the CJ is playing along with the high level Musharraf-ian script. 
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^ I don't know if she faces setback or not, govt also requested de-freezing of her foreign accounts... now there is a good chance that the cases will be done with quickly resulting in "hence proved not guilty due to lack of evidence".
I am sure that foreign slave Countries of Pakistan government would say 'Labbaik' to their Masters in Islamabad, and would drop all cases against BB making mockery of their judicial system too. What you think? :).
Once cases in Switzerland came to their Judicial knowledge, Pakistan cooperation now only plays a part of whole process, as now Switzerland is also looking at their own banking institutions and finding out who were involved in corruptions and what source the money came in those accounts?
Today, everywhere in the world, all illegally obtained wealth are getting pursued ... though where western interest get involved, what is under the carpet stays under the carpet, nevertheless, it is very difficult for any Western Countries to ignore that what cases are already getting pursued.
It is possible, but I would be surprised if cases on BB and Zardari in Switzerland, Spain, UK and other Western Countries get stopped due to 'NRO' came out in Pakistan.
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And may I ask who filed complaint against BB in those countries? Hint: Pakistani government.
Can someone who files a complaint against someone and then withdraw later? Answer: Yes
Now continue your rant to support Mushy, thank you.
PS: This news/article may be of “some” interest to you 
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Are you still living in Pakistan? 
Brother, true that those cases were filed by Pakistan in Switzerland, but Switzerland started the investigation because Swiss Law was broken not Pakistani Law. It is now Swiss case, not Pakistani case. If BB will get punishment it would be swiss punishment, not Pakistani punishment.
For example: Suppose GoP complains to Switzerland (or for that matter any world country) against BB, that she has done corruption in Pakistan (other country is not involved), what you think would happen? Those countries would tell GoP to go to hell and deal themselves.
If GoP complains to Switzerland (or any country in the world) that BB has done corruption in Pakistan and has taken that corrupt stolen money to your country where she is keeping that stolen money:
Now if Switzerland laws allow that a person can steal money (from anywhere) and keep it in Switzerland, than they would say that what should they do? She has not broken any Swiss Law. Switzerland would only pursue cases against her if she has broken Swiss Laws where Switzerland is also involved (here, the stolen money is hidden in Switzerland, and Swiss banks are helping to get that stolen money laundered).
It is breaking of Swiss Laws that people keep stolen money in Switzerland or use Swiss banks to launder that stolen money. That is the reason Swiss cases against BB is going, that BB broke Swiss Laws, not because Pakistan governments wants that there should be case in Switzerland because BB has broken Pakistani Law.
I believe that law is same anywhere in the world that if a thief is found with stolen goods and get caught with proof, police recovers the goods from thief and put that thief in jail, find the rightful owner and return the goods to the rightful owner. Only requirement is that thief get pointed out or get caught red-handed. BB got pointed out by Pakistan, now it is Switzerland dealing with BB according to Switzerland Laws, not Pakistani Laws.
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^ There are cases which Switzerland may not 'waive' but I am sure there are cases which they can. Besides Bibi won't starve if Swiss (only) freeze the accounts, there are tonnes of other accounts around the globe, tonnes of money within Pakistan which will be made available to her pretty soon.
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^ There are cases which Switzerland may not 'waive' but I am sure there are cases which they can. Besides Bibi won't starve if Swiss (only) freeze the accounts, there are tonnes of other accounts around the globe, tonnes of money within Pakistan which will be made available to her pretty soon.
Brother, you are right that if 'NRO' do become Law, BB would benefit a lot. But I do not think that all her wealth in western countries would be safe. I believe that she might have at least 500 to 600 million dollars in Switzerland, and what I know that is where her major wealth is accumulated (in Switzerland … possibly a lot is in Dubai too).
But then there are cases against her in Spain, UK plus some other places too. I can expect that UK might drop cases against BB as they are most notorious country when pursing political interest over principle. Maybe some other tax haven islands may drop cases too. Though, I doubt if Spain or France would drop charges against BB.
[UK stopped investigation against Saudi Royal family multi billion dollars corruptions and commission charges where BAe was involved, just because Saudi Arabia threatened that they would pull back all their contracts from British company and that it would effect diplomatic relation too if UK pursued the investigation and cases, hence British government went against British Laws just to please Saudi government].
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Brother, you are right that if 'NRO' do become Law, BB would benefit a lot. But I do not think that all her wealth in western countries would be safe. I believe that she might have at least 500 to 600 million dollars in Switzerland and that is where her major wealth is accumulated. (I might be wrong and she might have more there, but that is what I was told couple of years ago when her account got frozen).
Did you not hear about the sale of Surrey place (palace?)? Anyway, there are many factories/mills in Pakistan which are ready for her, just read the article I linked in previous post.
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Did you not hear about the sale of Surrey place (palace?)? Anyway, there are many factories/mills in Pakistan which are ready for her, just read the article I linked in previous post.
Aab kiya kiya jaa saktaa hay? Brother, what Pakistanis deserve they are getting. When I think of this nation, I feel they deserve all what they get and it is not a crime to loot and plunder them (because Pakistanis love to get looted and plundered, so that later they can cry on their Kismet).
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yep, they keep getting a phone call 
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Swiss judge wraps up Bhutto money-laundering probe
GENEVA, Oct 18 (Reuters): Swiss investigative judge Vincent Fournier said on Thursday that he had completed a long-running probe into alleged money laundering by former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband. The judge said he would hand over his confidential findings next week to Geneva chief prosecutor Daniel Zappelli for action. Zappelli has three options – to bring the case to trial, suspend it, or dismiss it. Fournier conceded that money-laundering allegations would be harder to prove under Swiss law after President Pervez Musharraf granted an amnesty to protect Bhutto from corruption charges at home. “It is not impossible, but much more difficult,” he said. At least $13 million remains frozen in bank accounts in the Swiss city in connection with the criminal case, which relates to alleged kickbacks from Swiss cargo inspection companies in the 1990s, officials said. Pakistan’s Supreme Court has still to rule on the legality of the amnesty. (Posted @ 16:30 PST)