Senator Durrani has has filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Pakistan, a good initiative but only politically motivated, seeking recovery of black money estimated at 500 billion dollars hidden by Pakistani nationals in the secret accounts in offshore banks of Switzerland, Spain, UK, USA and unnamed properties being operated upon through agents and front-men of corrupt Pakistani politicians, civil and military bureaucrats and businessmen. The court has directed him to do some needful for resubmission.
I request Senator Durrani and Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Choudhary, Chief Justice of Pakistan, to include two issues as well; namely, to investigate as to who were the people and how much individually was pulled out of their accounts and transferred abroad just a day before Nawaz Sharif announced seizure of foreign currency accounts. It was reported then that the rich were tipped off before time. That is why very little came in hands on seizure of these dollar accounts. Rather than punishing those account holders, the focal point be made those bank managers who helped all this.
Secondly, a lot was heard and read about Kalia and Khanani and still occasionally is heard but how strange our judicial system is that till today not a single word has leaked out or became public any hint of names whose money these two allegedly siphoned out abroad. So the whole system, it appears, is that if under any compulsion any issue is forced to be taken up, then protect those who are actually “technical experts” (functionaries) in actively helping such loot and plundering. Until this “middle man technical expert” is not taken due serious care of with, an intent to route out the disease will never end.
JAVED
Karachi
