Issue No 65, Nov 2-8, 2003 | ISSN:1684-2057 | satribune.com

Generals Must Also Declare

Dear Readers:

Our Print Edition has now entered its second month and the response is very encouraging. As we proceed to consolidate we will soon be making design changes in this Web edition to bring it in conformity with the Print Edition and to have better coordination of stories and articles.

This week the big story was of Javed Hashmi’s arrest in Pakistan but the declaration of assets and properties by Pakistani Parliamentarians and Ministers made more interesting reading as there were a lot of half truths and misleading declarations made by even senior ministers. The whole exercise looks like one to hide assets rather than declare them for public scrutiny. But whatever has been disclosed is enough to haul up many. Will the military Government now question most of these millionaires and billionaires and will Generals also be asked to declare what they own, is the big question. Hope they do.

Take Care
Shaheen Sehbai