He certainly was a caricature of an evil man. IIRC in movies too he was played by Christopher Lee (famed for playing Dracula and then Saruman)Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif claimed that Dina's death was the "end of the unique bond that existed cause of her illustrated father".
Shehbaz Sharif ✔@CMShehbaz
Dina Wadia's passing away marked passing away of an era, end of unique bond that existed cause of her illustratedfather-our founding father
LAHORE – A civil court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of a case regarding Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan till Nov 22.
And hence the defamation case launched by Show- Baaz !On April 25, during a gathering at Shaukat Khanum Hospital, Lahore, Imran Khan alleged that he was offered a staggering Rs10 billion to retreat on the Panama case, which was under top court’s scrutiny at the time.
“Just imagine how much money he offered me to be silent — Rs10 billion! If he can offer me this much money, just imagine how much he could offer others,” Khan had claimed.The cricketer-turned-politician, however, refused to name the individual who had made the offer.
FAISALABAD – An eight-year-old boy was raped and then killed in Faisalabad allegedly by a teenage student of a seminary here the other day.
According to local media, Rizwan, 16, raped the child identified as Ramazan, who also studied at the same seminary in Ali Garden area, and then killed him by pushing him down the roof. Locals had found his body two days ago near the seminary. The State of Pakistan "does not have enough money" to give a normal, secular education to its young children. The parents are then "forced" to sent the kids to a seminary, where Islami education is given with "free" room, board, and two or three meals a day. The kids grow up to radical ideas, and are also segregated from the opposite sex , when their hormones "act up "- and when sex education is taboo - devastating results like this one are bound to happen !
Police have arrested the suspect who has confessed to raping the kid anally before killing him. He has admitted killing another fellow student named Noor Agha, 9-year-old, eight months back. Police said Ramazan fainted after getting raped by the senior student, who later killed him due to fear of being arrested. Social sector spending- like education, health care, etc has been sub contracted/ outsourced to NGO's and Foreign Governments, mainly due to lack of funds !
The incident is not the first of its kind as last month, a woman had to give birth on a street outside the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Raiwind, Punjab because there were no doctors at the medical facility.
Instead of spending on "brand new toys" for the Fauj ( M4 Rifles for SSG and Navy Patrol Boats for the Bahria ) from Massa, Pakiland would be well advised not to ignore their civilian population's welfare !Not only that, a lady gave birth on road at Ganga Ram Hospital a few days after the Raiwind Hospital incident. A third kind of such incident happened a few days after the two when an expecting lady gave birth inside an Ambulance outside the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Tandlianwala.
...burning of stubble in neighbouring India and emission of smoke from iron and steel re-rolling factories in Punjab, forced authorities on Friday to close nuclear power plants of 1,200-megawatt capacity and several grid stations tripped, causing power breakdown in several parts of the country. Uptil now, the Paki media has refrained from alleging that this is this is a deliberate conspiracy of part of RAA to "throw a spanner in the works" re Paki precious crown jewels
GADANI: Soomri Khan, 50, was at her ramshackle hut in a village near Gadani Mor when she heard the explosion that took away the lives 29 workers at the Gadani shipbreaking yard on November 1 last year.A little later she found out that her two sons – Ghulam Hyder, 18, and Alam Khan, 32 – were among the dead. IMO, Mrs Khan ( Soomri ) will have to wait " a bit longer" for compensation ( unless a sympathetic NGO or a Foreign Govt decides to take care of her !) . Pakistan Govt has more urgent matters to tackle like M4 rifles for SSG and patrol boats for the Bahria
Seventeen power stations tripped on Friday due to unprecedented dense smog in different parts of the country, causing 12-hour-long loadshedding as the collective power production was reduced by over 6,000 megawatts.
smog-triggered tripping has also led to closure of all Chashma Nuclear Power Plants (C1, C2, C3, C4)
Besides the hydel generation average has also come down to 2,700MW against its capacity of 7,000MW due to less release of water from reservoirs on provinces’ demand
The unprecedented dense smog is posing serious challenge to the national transmission system and the Power Division, NPCC, NTDC and Discos are closely monitoring the situation.
People are facing the worst kind of power breakdowns in all parts of Punjab, including the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Chief Meteorologist Muhammad Riaz said that smog has also affected the weather due to less rains. “We are facing smog due to absence of winds,” he said.
Artificial tears. There's plenty of that in pakhanistan.People may experience short-term skin and respiratory conditions such as eye irritation, coughing, throat/chest irritation and skin irritation as a result of smog. Health experts recommend artificial tears for eyes as one way of dealing with smog.
http://thenews.com.pk/latest/241945-Ish ... -in-LondonDoctors have advised Ishaq Dar to take complete rest.(in Londonistan, of course, where there is less smog
ESP (Extrasensory perception) is a perfect fit for ESP (Extrasensitive Pakistanis).Peregrine wrote:
The airline staffers offered to take the passengers to their desired destination by a bus.
Passengers turned down the offer and refused to leave the plane.
Following this, the airline staffers switched off the plane's air conditioning system.
LAHORE – Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesperson Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa confirmed ( to squash the whispering rumours in army circles
The officers were dismissed, punished and sent home on corruption charges, he said during a night-time television show with popular investigative journalist Kamran Khan. The army spokesperson said that the action was taken after months of investigation. ( Most probably, these might be low ranking afsars, who were probably "new to the game" or were not protected by "sifarish"
About the army’s silence and the absence of an official version after the sackings, Lt General Bajwa maintained such actions within the army were not made public anywhere in the world.
“I did not deny the news at that time but as I told you, it is not the institutional policy to do so. A press release was issued in the National Logistics Cell (NLC)( Ah !The "famous" fauji transportation outfit which also doubled as a "heroin export company" to self finance the Taliban !) scam case because NLC was a public institution,” he said. He also said that the army already has a branch dedicated to investigate such activities and present its reports to the army chief, who takes the required action
He said that General Raheel Sharif has strengthened army’s this unit and was aggressively pursuing the anti-corruption drive. However, he categorically denied reports about an inquiry against General Sajjad Ghani and General Naveed Zaman, the two retired lieutenant generals.
The senior jernails and kernails are laughing all the way to the (Swiss and Cayman Island ) Bank. The ISPR will surely protect themAt least 207 cases were pending before the military courts, he said, adding that 88 have been decided and some cases were in pipeline. “All these (pending) cases will be forwarded to the courts after approval from the Ministry of Interior Affairs as well as the apex committee,” he said.
New Delhi: If international trade was a cricket match, India and Afghanistan together would have claimed a big wicket - Pakistan. The two countries earlier this week bifurcated land-trade route through Pakistan and officially began trade through the Chabahar Port in Iran. The distance may be longer but relations just a got a whole lot closer.
In many ways, a trade route through Pakistan into land-locked Afghanistan would have been the logical step considering the distance of just 990 kilometres between New Delhi and Kabul. The 1.1 million tonnes in 35,000 containers would take lesser time through the land route. Instead, the first of several consignments was dispatched through the sea route to Chabahar in Iran from where it will enter Afghanistan via a different land route - a total distance of 3,900 kilometres or more than thrice the all-land distance. India and Afghanistan are determined not to be "blackmailed" by Pakistan !
Pakistan borders Afghanistan to its south and east and has used its strategic location to have a controlling hand on Kabul in terms of trade. Traditionally, Pakistan has been Afghanistan's biggest supplier of wheat but because of its geo-political positioning, managed to dictate pricing. In 2014 for example, Pakistani wheat was Rs 500 more expensive per tonne than wheat from India. Both Afghanistan and India, quite naturally, wanted to trade in wheat but Pakistan refused to allow passage. In fact, Pakistan repeatedly refused to allow land passage to Afghanistan through its territory each time India asked for it in the last 17 years.Necessity is the "mother of invention" (the via Iran route )
In 2003, India began exploring other options of expanding bilateral trade with Afghanistan - leaving Pakistan on the sidelines. Helping Iran develop the Chabahar Port emerged as a viable alternative even if it meant a longer route. India is a "rising power" of the 21st century, Pakistan is failingpower!
In it was the birth of a historical trilateral agreement between India, Iran and Afghanistan - signed in May of 2016 - to make use of Chabahar Port for trade and transit into Central Asia and Europe. "We want to link with the world. (The) agreement …can alter the course of history of the region,” PM Narendra Modi had said after signing the agreement with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
India-Afghanistan trade through Chabahar Port in Iran is a massive blow to Pakistani designs on a number of levels. The failure to revive Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) so far has now come to haunt Islamabad. In the past, Pakistan has dictated terms to Afghanistan - compelling the latter to look elsewhere. The proverbial push came to shove when Kabul communicated via Pakistan's High Commission there that talks on reviving APTTA would only take place if New Delhi was made part of it. The country wanted India to be made part of the Trilateral Transit Trade Agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The days of Pakistan "dictating" to Afghanistan are getting fewer and fewer. Afghanistan is asserting itself in many ways !
In such times, Chabahar Port not just further erodes Pakistan's influence over Kabul but also makes its Gwadar Port - developed with Chinese help - rather irrelevant. ( Pakistan and China are hoping against hope that India and Afghanistan will join CPEC to "drum" up "their" Gwadar
LAHORE – British authorities have refused to share the details of bank accounts of the Sharif family with Pakistan’s top anti-graft body – the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).NAB officials had written a letter to the authorities, seeking the details of the bank accounts which were used to run the offshore companies owned by the Sharif family. However, the authorities turned down the NAB’s request claiming it is unclear what is exactly being asked in the letter. The competency level of NAB staff leaves a lot to be desired. Just the other day , Ishaq Dar's lawyers- in court - made mince meat of NAB arguments
The Bureau is investigating the corruption allegations on the Sharif family and had filed three corruption references against them in line with the Supreme Court’s verdict in Panama case.
NAB officials have expressed displeasure over the response, the Geo News reported. They have made the letter a part of Volume 10 of the Joint Investigation Team report. Better strategy might have been to take Imran Khan into confidence by NAB . And then he would have used his "influence" with the British Establishment and obtained the "result desired" for Ganja conviction
Just when everyone expected Pakistan-US relations to nosedive, an incident compelled President Donald Trump to speak well of Pakistan. A Canadian, Joshua Boyle, and his wife and three children were rescued from the captivity of the Afghan Taliban by none other than Pakistan’s premier spy outfit, the ISI. The US was involved because Boyle’s wife was American and Pakistan delivered. From here on, however, things start looking funny with America saying Pakistan, not the Taliban in Afghanistan, had kept them hostage for five years. Pakistan is obviously denying this !
Pakistan did it for America but when Boyle and family were handed over to the Americans in Pakistan, they did not want to go to the US. They were sent to Canada, instead. Pakistan’s version of the rescue was that the vehicle, in which the hostages were being taken by the Taliban inside Pakistan, was fired upon, as a result of which it got flat tires and came to a halt. The abductors fled the scene and the family was rescued. Boyle’s version was more dramatic. From the trunk of the vehicle, he could make out that the terrorists were killed by the ISI troops which prevented them from killing the hostages. He had a wound from Pakistani shrapnel to show.
And it is a BIG NO- NO to re-convert from Malsi. Is Boyle aware of thisBoyle said he and his pregnant wife had gone “backpacking” to Afghanistan but had no clue that the region was the world’s most dangerous place, teeming with men from the Taliban and the most merciless outfit, the Haqqani Network. More intriguingly, Boyle kept referring to himself and his family as “pilgrims” and used the inappropriate word, “stupidity”, to describe the rape his wife was subjected to by the guards. At times, he looked as if he had converted to Islam and had gone to Afghanistan to be lionised by the Taliban. He had earlier married Zainab Khadr, the Canadian sister of Omar Khadr — an inmate at the US military detention center at Guantanamo Bay. Boyle had taken a vocal stance against the 2002 incarceration of the 16-year-old Khadr. He couldn’t have married Zainab without converting to Islam. Anyway, a divorce ended the marriage soon enough.
On the Pakistani side, too, funny things began to happen. The ISI was informed that the gang carrying the Boyle family were from the Haqqani Network, the very warriors who Pakistan supposed were hiding in North Waziristan. But this time, they were not crossing the Afghan border into North Waziristan but into Kurram, another tribal agency. The Haqqanis were not supposed to be in Kurram, or at least that was what the average Pakistani was supposed to know. What happened next was even more dramatic. The ISI got the Boyles out but lost four of its Frontier Corps troops while chasing the fleeing Haqqanis into the Kurram highlands. Strategic partners like the ISI and the Haqqanis always kiss and make up
As the latest incident occurred in the Shia-majority Kurram agency, Pakistan has now to look for the Haqqani killers in a new territory. Kurram is linked to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa through the Parachinar-Hangu-Kohat road The Haqqani Network had moved from North Waziristan to Kurram in 2010. It is said the Shias of Parachinar allowed the Haqqanis in after the latter pledged they would end the decades-old sectarian mayhem carried on despite the presence of Pakistan army there. Their dominance of a sensitive territory already riven with sectarian violence is seemingly a discomforting development for the Pakistani government. But the Haqqani presence in Kurram had actually been tacitly accepted — unless there is international opposition to their “occupation” of Pakistani territory. If, this is to be believed, the Pakis are not in full control of the Haqqanis
Amrullah Saleh, former National Security Advisor of Afghanistan, didn’t like the sudden thaw between Pakistan and the United States and offered his analysis of what had transpired in the following words: “As Afghanistan and the rest of the world analyse President Donald Trump’s comments complimenting Pakistan on the rescue of a US-Canadian couple and their three children, it is my considered view that Pakistan, as the junior partner in this relationship, does strange things, to the extent of even hurting itself sometimes, because it must attract the attention of its longtime ally and patron, the US”. (‘Donald Trump is taken in by Pakistan’s deceitful acts’, IE, October 17)
Saleh is known to be a vitriolic critic of Pakistan. Normally people in intelligence services are adept at analysing what states want to do to each other on the sly. His interpretation of the latest incident on the Pak-Afghan border is that Pakistan has deliberately “hurt itself” to please its old master, the US. He should have focused on Kurram Agency instead because that has remained the most controversial part of the tribal areas that Pakistan now wants to merge with the rest of the country.
KARACHI: The son of assassinated dean of the faculty of Islamic Studies in University of Karachi, Professor Dr Mohammad Shakeel Auj, has alleged that he was asked for Rs5,000 bribe by the office of Karachi commissioner for receiving compensation against his father’s killing, and that too after more than three years. The bribe probably "demanded" by a clerk- before the cheque is handed over - would probably have been shared on a pro-rata basis from the very top ( probably the Commissioner as well !) right down to the office chaprassi
The allegation came as a rude shock for the academic fraternity, his students and civil society as how the family of the deceased researcher and highly-regarded teacher was ignored and uncared for despite tall claims and promises by the government. Often announcements made by politicians, ministers in moments of euphoria, ( like monetary reward to cricketers upon winning a cup, compensation for lives lost !) create problems later on, as bureaucrats "scramble" to find the monies, which the politician did not made available
Mohammad Malhan Khan — one of the three sons of Dr Auj — said that he was approached by the Karachi commissioner’s office on Nov 1 to collect a cheque of Rs200,000 as compensation for “martyrdom”
“The next day [Nov 2] when I visited the [Karachi commissioner’s] office, I was offered to collect a Rs200,000 cheque,” he said. “[Then] I was politely requested to pay Rs5,000 as commission. I humbly request the Sindh [government] to stop ridiculing our family,” he added.
Prof Dr Auj was killed in an armed attack on his car in Gulshan-i-Iqbal in September 2014.
Author of over a dozen books, he was Pakistan’s second and the subcontinent’s third DLitt in Islamic Studies. Between earning a PhD ...
The investigations into the murder of Prof Dr Auj have remained quite mysterious as the police authorities and other law-enforcement agencies have come up with different claims one after the other which have failed to satisfy his family and admirers.
“After my father’s assassination, the Sindh governor announced Rs30 million as compensation and for that the chief minister also issued written directives. However, after three years we were told to receive Rs200,000 and that too against Rs5,000 commission,” he added. The spokesman for the Karachi commissioner could not be contacted to comment on the matter despite several attempts. By the time Rs 30 Million - which amount sounds a bit too high - passed from hand to hand , every Abdul, Amir and Asif collected his own commission, and the "leftover" amount of Rs 200,000 - and that too after the final commission of Rs 5,000 ! - was offered to the victim's family. Therefore, no surprise that Commissioner's office refused to comment
Falijee wrote:The Haqqanis Are Now Operating From Kurram Agency Not North Waziristan- Amrullah Saleh
Killers of Kurram
Khaled Ahmed - Indian Express.
Of course, there could be no better person than Khaled Ahmed in these matters.As the latest incident occurred in the Shia-majority Kurram agency, Pakistan has now to look for the Haqqani killers in a new territory. Kurram is linked to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa through the Parachinar-Hangu-Kohat road The Haqqani Network had moved from North Waziristan to Kurram in 2010. It is said the Shias of Parachinar allowed the Haqqanis in after the latter pledged they would end the decades-old sectarian mayhem carried on despite the presence of Pakistan army there. Their dominance of a sensitive territory already riven with sectarian violence is seemingly a discomforting development for the Pakistani government. But the Haqqani presence in Kurram had actually been tacitly accepted — unless there is international opposition to their “occupation” of Pakistani territory. If, this is to be believed, the Pakis are not in full control of the Haqqanis
ISLAMABAD: Police on Saturday registered a case against senior journalist and TV anchor Hamid Mir on kidnapping charges, Dawn has learnt through sources.The case has been registered in the light of the decision of the Islamabad High Court. The court had issued the order a few days ago on a petition filed by Shamama Malik, the widow of Khalid Khawaja, who had allegedly been kidnapped from his house in Islamabad’s G-10/2 sector in March 2010.
The FIR has been registered at the Ramna police station of the capital in response to the complaint lodged by Ms Malik in which she had alleged that Hamid Mir and Usman Punjabi with the help of their “hooligans” had kidnapped her husband Khalid Khawaja. ( Khalid Khawaja, agent of Deep State, who once was quite close to OBL !)
Later, Mr Khawaja was taken to North Waziristan, it stated, adding that on April 30, 2010, his bullet-riddled body was found in Karam Kot. The body was brought to Islamabad but autopsy was not conducted, the complainant states, adding: “my son lodged a complaint at Shalimar police station over the incident, but no action was taken, except registration of a report.”
“The police also did not record the version of my son,” Ms Malik alleges in her complaint. She claims that her deceased husband and Hamid Mir had differences over the Lal Masjid operation. Due to the same reason, Hamir Mir and Usman Punjabi got Khawaja kidnapped and murdered, the FIR alleges. An audio conversation allegedly between Hamid Mir and Usman Punjabi over the issue has also been made part of the record at the Shalimar police station. When contacted, Hamid Mir said it seemed to be a politically-motivated case aimed at blackmailing him. He complained that the court had issued the orders to the police without giving him an opportunity to present his viewpoint. Hamid Mir has always done the bidding of the Deep State, but in recent years, it appears that he has "done" a conversion and no longer "trusts" the Deep State, specially after become a target himself a few years ago !
Villagers in a remote area of north-west Pakistan are in shock after armed men forced a 16-year-old girl to walk half-naked through the village, claiming it was to redeem their family honour.Local residents say the woman was targeted because of her brother's long-forgotten secret affair with a woman from the assailants' family. The Pushtuns who inhabit this area are very conservative and very strict when it comes to matters relating to women !
The incident, which came to light on Thursday when the media got wind of it, took place last week near the remote town of Chaudhwan, some 80km (50 miles) west of Dera Ismail Khan city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police have arrested eight men and are searching for a ninth. If it is in KP Province, Paki Laws will apply; if it is a Tribal Agency, writ of GOP does not apply there !
Witnesses say the girl was attacked in broad daylight when she went to fetch water from a pond. "I and my [female] cousins were returning after filling our pitchers when these men caught up with us," she told local journalists."They shoved me around, and I fell down. Then they cut my clothes with scissors. One of my cousins tried to cover me with her dupatta [a long scarf], but they snatched it away." She tried to escape and ran into a nearby house, but they followed her. "I ducked beside a cot and tried to hold on to it but they dragged me out. A neighbour tried to intervene but they threatened him with their guns."There are no easy solutions to these practices. Education - not the Madrassah kind - is one answer !
A local source who asked not to be named told the BBC the assailants' family had secretly held a grudge against the girl's family over an incident that happened three years ago. "[The girl's] brother was accused back then of gifting a mobile phone to one of the daughters of a local villager... which the pair used for their secret liaison."
The revelation caused offence to this girl's family, and the community called for a council of elders to resolve the issue before it led to bloodshed. The council ordered the young man to pay a fine of 300,000 rupees (roughly $3,000; £2,300) which he did - and the matter was closed."But it now appears that [the girl's] family did not forget the insult and wanted to get even," the BBC's source said.
As is often the case in so-called "honour" disputes inSouth Asia, Pakistan ! the punishment for that insult has been borne by an innocent girl.
Peregrine- ji:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesund ... 92212.htmlJalandhar bats with Pakistani goods
CHANDIGARH: India’s hostile neighbour Pakistan is scoring tons across the border off the field. Batting for cricket-crazy India, Pakistan is exporting bats to this country from Sialkot, especially to Jalandhar in Punjab, where local traders put Indian stickers and ‘made in India’ tags on them.
sunnyP Ji :sunnyP wrote:Fooling the public by mislabelling Paki products.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesund ... 92212.htmlJalandhar bats with Pakistani goods
CHANDIGARH: India’s hostile neighbour Pakistan is scoring tons across the border off the field. Batting for cricket-crazy India, Pakistan is exporting bats to this country from Sialkot, especially to Jalandhar in Punjab, where local traders put Indian stickers and ‘made in India’ tags on them.
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's shady dealings with Ukraine are the basis for the current charges against him, but the veteran consultant has a long history of sketchy clients internationally, from Congo's Mobutu Sese Seko to the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos. His misdoings so far, as not rubbed off against "teflon" Donald Trump !
He was also involved in the Ghulam Nabi Fai affairLess discussed in the United States is his role in one of the biggest scandals and unsolved mysteries in French politics. The Karachi Affair involved shady diplomacy, campaign corruption, and possibly a deadly terrorist attack — and Manafort was right in the middle of it.
The Karachi Affair requires a bit of explanation: In the early 1990s, France's partly state-owned defense contractor DCN was looking to sell attack submarines to Pakistan's navy and was competing with Germany for the contract.
At that time, it was still legal for firms in France, and a number of other countries, to pay "commissions" — bribes, basically — to foreign dignitaries, in order to facilitate deals like this. (The practice has since been banned.) Payments were promised to a number of Pakistani officials — totally legal — and DCN got the contract in 1994.
But Balladur decided he wanted to be president, setting up a a battle for the support of the French right between the two former friends. The problem for Balladur was that Chirac controlled the party and its war chest, so he needed to look elsewhere for funding. Allegedly, he looked to Pakistan. Wow. Pakistan knows where its bread is buttered !
In 2002, a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a bus in Karachi, Pakistan, killing three Pakistani nationals and 11 French engineers who had been working on the submarines that had been sold as part of the deal eight years earlier.
The attack was initially blamed on al-Qaida, but no one in the terrorist group ever claimed responsibility for it and that explanation was later ruled out by investigators. In 2008, the investigative website Mediapart reported on the existence of an internal DCN report suggesting that the attack may have been a reprisal against France for its nonpayment of the commissions.
As if that weren't shocking enough, by this time, the president of France was Nicolas Sarkozy, who had been Balladur's budget minister and a spokesman for his campaign back in 1995. Families of the killed engineers demanded legal action against Sarkozy, arguing that it would have been impossible for him not to know about the payments.Sarkozy was protected by immunity but faced investigation after he left office. (This was just one of a number of high-profile corruption scandals involving Sarkozy.) The investigation is ongoing: Balladur, who denies any wrongdoing and has been out of office for more than two decades, was placed under formal investigation just last May.
So what did Balladur do, you might be wondering, with the money that he was willing to tarnish France's reputation and possibly put French lives at risk to obtain? Well, he gave at least some of it to Paul Manafort.
.In 2013, Manafort told French investigators that he had been paid $52,000 to conduct an opinion poll and $34,975 to craft a campaign strategy for Balladur. The money came from a bank account held by Abdul Rahman el-Assir, one of the two Lebanese businessmen who served as middlemen in the submarine deal.The other middleman, ski-resort-owning arms broker Ziad Takieddine — who was later arrested while trying to flee France on a false passport — acted as Manafort's translator in a meeting. French media described Manafort as "a key link connecting Balladur with the middlemen."Balladur's whole scheme apparently didn't raise any red flags for Manafort at the time, just as the consultant's background didn't raise any red flags for Donald Trump last year. So, the Paki Jernails and Admirals are "mad as hell" to be cut off from the lucrative commission deal, and they took their "revenge" , through their proxies , of targeting the French Nationals . And just the other day, the mouthpiece of the Paki Fauj ( Major Gen Ghaffoor - ISPR) denied that there is corruption- at a news conference - at the top level of the Pakistan Army
At least two Pakistanis have been named in the Paradise papers – former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and former National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) chairperson Ayaz Khan Niazi.
Aziz is linked with Antarctic Trust, which was set up by the former premier and includes his wife, children, and granddaughter as beneficiaries.Aziz had set up the trust in the US state of Delaware before becoming finance minister in 1999. He was working for financial giant Citibank at the time. ( Mush brought him from abroad to become his right "ball" !)
The trust was not declared at any point during his time as finance minister or prime minister. Did Ganja Sharif declared his "gol-maal" when he acquired PM-ship.? So, this should not be held against him
Also, in a 2012 internal memo, the law firm’s compliance officer noted that Aziz had been accused by the opposition of false declaration of assets, corruption and misappropriation of funds. Three years later, in a database of high-risk clients, Appleby noted that a Pakistani court had issued three arrest warrants against Aziz in relation to the killing of Akbar Bugti. In September 2015, Antarctic Trust was closed and the related file removed from one of Appleby’s internal databases. Appleby - the law firm, appears to be "very thorough" in its information to protect its "high -risk clients"corrupt clients like Aziz
According to ICIJ, Aziz’s lawyers have said that he was not legally required to declare the trust to Pakistani authorities. They added that the same applies to his wife and children. The lawyers added that Aziz paid all applicable US taxes. First, there should be no corruption. And secondly, there also should not be, any appearance , of such corruption ( which is not in this case !)
The purpose of the account was “to ensure that if he were to die, his assets would pass efficiently to his family.”Ayaz Khan Niazi has connections with a trust and three offshore companies in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) – Andalusian Discretionary Trust, Andalusian Establishment Limited, Andalusian Enterprises Limited and Andalusian Holdings Limited, respectively.
Shaukat Aziz and probably Ayaz Khan Niazi as well , unlike Ganja Sharif - probably cannot be "touched" because of their "Massa passport" and not being on Paki soilThe three companies were set up in 2010 when Niazi was NICL chairperson. Niazi’s brothers Hussain Khan Niazi and Muhammad Ali Khan Niazi were shown as beneficial owners, whereas Ayaz, his father Abdul Razaq Khan, and mother Fauzia Razzaq acted as directors. Pakistani journalist Umar Cheema, who helped research the papers, said on a private TV channel that numerous oil and gas sector companies and businesspersons also appear in the leaked documents, though he did not name them.
[/color]Perfectly fine if Indian traders make the money and it circulates within India. What could be better than buying a commodity item at a low price, marking it up based on your own branding and pocketing the difference?Peregrine wrote:The Indian Trader is motivated by Money, Money and More Money.
Indian Rice Traders buy Terronistani Rice in "Big Bags" in Dubai-Abu Dhabi as well as other Parts of the UAE and then "Re-Pack" this Terroristani Rice in 1 Kilo, 5 Kilos, Ten Kilos and Twenty Kilos Bags carrying the names of the Top Indian Basmati Rice Brands.
You will notice this in Europe, UK, USA & Canada.
Cheers
Peregrine wrote:The Indian Trader is motivated by Money, Money and More Money.
Indian Rice Traders buy Terronistani Rice in "Big Bags" in Dubai-Abu Dhabi as well as other Parts of the UAE and then "Re-Pack" this Terroristani Rice in 1 Kilo, 5 Kilos, Ten Kilos and Twenty Kilos Bags carrying the names of the Top Indian Basmati Rice Brands.
You will notice this in Europe, UK, USA & Canada.
Cheers
yensoy Ji :yensoy wrote:Perfectly fine if Indian traders make the money and it circulates within India. What could be better than buying a commodity item at a low price, marking it up based on your own branding and pocketing the difference?
Names of several Pakistanis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz among them, have surfaced in the new database of documents, Paradise Papers, released by the International Consortium of Journalists Sunday night. The Paradise Papers reveal data of over 25,000 companies spanning 180 countries, from 1950 to 2016.
Names of several Pakistanis, former prime minister Shaukat Aziz among them, have surfaced in the new database of documents, Paradise Papers, released by the International Consortium of Journalists Sunday night. The Paradise Papers reveal data of over 25,000 companies spanning 180 countries, from 1950 to 2016.
Cheema was one of the journalists targeted for "special treatment" by the "Deep State" for his nvestigative reporting !Around 381 investigative journalists from 67 countries worked extensively to bring facts about the Paradise Papers before the people. Senior News reporter and ICIJ member Umar Cheema was also part of the team which unearthed the Paradise Papers.
Former PM Shaukat Aziz Aziz was an employee of Citibank before becoming Pakistan's finance minister and then prime minister in General (retd) Pervez Musharraf's government.According to a report in The News, as many as 135 Pakistani individuals with accounts in a Swiss bank were also identified which they either created in their own name or through offshore companies. Some of the prominent individuals:
Aziz served as prime minister from August 28, 2004, to November 15, 2007.Aziz settled abroad after his tenure came to an end in 2007.With a Massa Passport as "insurance", he cannot be "touched"
NICL chairman Ayaz Khan Niazi
Moreover, former National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) chairperson Ayaz Khan Niazi has also been identified in the records in connection with four offshore holdings in the British Virgin Islands.
The NICL scandal, which made headlines in Pakistan during Niazi's tenure, pertained to financial embezzlement by Niazi, then commerce minister (late) Makhdoom Amin Fahim and several bureaucrats in purchase of official land.
Businessman Sadruddin Hashwani
Sadruddin Hashwani, a leading business magnate in the hoteling and oil industry, owns one company in Barbodas and Cayman Islands each. They are: Bowenergy Resources (Pakistan) SRL and Ocean Pakistan Ltd.
Responding to The News’ questions, Hashwani said he had answered in detail the last year (when the companies were identified in Panama Papers) and there is nothing to add in case of the two newly discovered companies. As for loans from Standard Chartered from its Mauritius branch is concerned, it was a business loan and the charge was registered in favour of the bank with the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) hence nothing is hidden.
Businessman Mian Mansha
Mian Muhammad Mansha, chairman of Nishat Group, has been linked with six offshore companies.
Alauddin J Feerasta
Alauddin J Feerasta, chairman of Soneri Bank, is the owner of Rangeworth Limited, a company registered in British Virgin Island, having an account in a Swiss bank.
More "shocking" disclosures and disclamers ( (as well ) relating to Paki politics in the coming days and weeksDisclaimer: It is pertinent to note here that not every offshore firm is necessarily illegal.