Corrupution continues to dog Benazir and her family across the world.
Spain freezes 4 bank accounts of Benazir Bhutto
There have been more startling revelations regarding the corruption and money laundering of the former prime minister and the Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister and Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Ms Benazir Bhutto. Sources at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) said here on Wednesday that the latest findings include BB’s Sharjah based two offshore companies operating accounts and properties in Spain. Moreover the judicial authorities in the state of Valencia, Spain have frozen 4 bank accounts, two offshore companies operating in Spain and a villa in Playas Del Arenal, Marbella. The new revelations are results of the International Mutual Legal Assistance request filed by the NAB to the Spanish Government indicating the trail of money leading to Spain through Swiss banks. The High Court of Valencia has appointed an Examining Magistrate for the judicial investigations into the affairs of the Bhutto clan.
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^^ Name Bhutto should be removed from her name cause of her biatchness. Bhutto was power hungry but still a good leader was never a money hungry person.
it shows clearly she still didnt learn even after her dismissal as PM and continued on her real purpose to pile up Money Money and Money. eat sleep drink money ba$tardo as they say in spanish and italian!
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Spanish court discovers $4.8m stashed away in accounts linked to Benazir
A court in the eastern Spanish region of Valencia has discovered 4 million euros ($4.8 million) in bank accounts linked to former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who has been accused of hiding illicit money in several European countries, the daily El Pais said yesterday. Vicenta Tolda, a judge based in Ontinyent, froze accounts in the Bancaja bank linked to three companies with connections to Bhutto. The companies were named as Petroline, Tempo Global and Petroline SRL. The people involved included Benazir’s husband Asif Ali Zardari and former government official Abdul Rehman Malik Feroz, according to the Spanish daily. Spanish investigators said Bhutto may have laundered money by buying and selling Spanish properties including a chalet in the luxury holiday resort of Marbella. The investigation was launched in 2004 at the request of the Pakistani judiciary. Judge Tolda has contacted the British judicial authorities to request an interrogation of Benazir, who is currently in London.
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Yeah shak kills some will agree with you that she should use her husband's family name thats what her uncle mumtaz ali bhutto once wrote in a newspaper.So mumtaz bhutto calls her benazir zardari.
I am not a supporter of peoples party what you call a JIALA or a pppla but the fact is the government has many ministers in the cabinet who are corrupt as well.
President musharraf in his interview said that I am not against PPP or PML- N but I will accept both these parties without nawaz sharif and benazir bhutto.There are rumours in the political circles about shabaz sharif's return.
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I am not saying this government is not corrupt. Even though she changes the name to zardari, she will be a bhuttos daughter and be know as such. but I was just talking about her deeds that brought shame to our nation and her late father too.
Our parties to come out of family politics and find true leaders even if they are not related to current ruling clan of the parties.
and i think If PPP itself remove BB and League remove NS cause of their corruption, they will be more accepted as mature parties by people of Pakistan.
But instead they keep defending the disgraced expired leaders. if they have shame they should resign from the party chair and let the other leadership come along.
Re: Spain freezes 4 bank accounts of Benazir Bhutto
Serves her right.
Span should return the money to Pakistan. On a second thought, may be it shouldn't. The government in power will usurp the money.
I'm amazed at her audacity to still be looking forward to run in the elections. Such people should be black listed and banished from running in elections.
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UN report links Benazir to Iraq scam: nab
The United Nations inquiry report on ‘manipulation of the Oil For Food Programme (OFFP) by the Iraqi regime’ has revealed involvement of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in the scam, according to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Chairman Hassan Wasim Afzal. Citing the report prepared by the UN inquiry committee, which the NAB received on Thursday, the official said: “Ms Bhutto has paid $2.2 million commission to former Iraqi president Saddam Hussain for getting $150 million contract for supplying food.” He said that under the OFFP, the government of Iraq had sold $64.2 billion oil to 248 international companies for obtaining food for people of the war-torn country. The programme was started by the UN in December 1996 after the lifting of international sanctions on Iraq and concluded in 2002. Saddam Hussain manipulated the OFFP and took commission of $1.5 billion from the companies for awarding contracts for supplying food in return for oil. The NAB deputy chairman, who made his first appearance before the press after taking over the post, said the UN had asked all members countries, including Pakistan, to take action against their nationals involved in the scam. He said the NAB would send evidences of Ms Bhutto’s alleged corruption to the courts and governments of the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Spain where she and her husband Asif Ali Zardari had made assets and where cases of money laundering and illegal assets were being tried.
He alleged that Ms Bhutto had entered into the OFFP during her exile sometime in 2000-2001 through her Dubai-based Free Zone company Tempo Global Gains. The firm was owned by her, her relative Syed Hassan Ali Jafri and former director-general Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Rehman Feroze Malik. Mr Afzal said the government would seek ‘international legal mutual assistance’ from the government of the UAE and request for freezing the bank accounts and other assets of Ms Bhutto’s company. “We would also ask the UAE government to provide all relevant documents of the company to Pakistan so that they could be sent to the UN and used in different cases being tried against Ms Bhutto and her allies anywhere in the world,” he added.
