Issue
No 8, Sept 9-15, 2002 | ISSN:1684-2075 | satribune.com
| Why are key assets going to those sponsored by FM Shaukat Aziz?
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Mammoth Passport Scandal Rocks Islamabad
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When the Economic Managers were caught cheating, red handed Special SAT Report
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ISLAMABAD:
The pattern has been established. Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz
has identified the key assets of Pakistan --- banks, telecom monopolies,
oil refineries, to be privatized to Middle Eastern Groups he sponsors.
Last week he delivered the United Bank to the Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi,
although they were defaulters. He has promised the Hariri Group
of Lebanon Pakistan's huge Telecom monopoly. The Saudis he invited,
just missed bagging Habib Bank, a huge construction project and
an oil refinery. Will he still continue to use his skills after
the October elections to benefit his friends?
Pakistani
Embassies in Jeddah and Dubai has been unearthed which could have
serious repercussions for international war against terrorism.
Some 20,000 Pakistani and Burmese passports have disappeared in
mysterious circumstances. No official probe has yet been launched
but one is inevitable.
using
all their tricks and gimmickry to show a fake picture of the economy.
In one case, when the Stock Exchange was sinking, they ordered
government controlled financial institutions to pump in people's
money into the Stock Exchange, without caring for the losses.
The result was hundreds of millions of rupees, gone in a volatile
and unpredictable capital market. Those who objected were brushed
aside. Read the documents confirming how all this was managed,
without success.
Musharraf
landed in Boston last Saturday, this city of his son was buzzing
with all kinds of stories, about his previous visit, about hardships
faced by his son's neighbours, about security and more about his
son's political naievity. Musharraf was a common topic at Tea
Parties and cocktail gatherings. Read all about Boston and the
Pakistani strongman.
Musharraf's US visit is critical
Dear Readers:
Pakistan’s
General Pervez Musharraf has begun his visit to the US on a very disheartening
note, both from the Pakistanis and from the Bush Administration. He
landed in Boston on Saturday and faced his first demonstration on Sunday
by Pakistanis when he drove to speak at the Kennedy School. The same
day President Bush’s National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice
made a statement which Musharraf definitely did not like. SA Tribune
will be covering the Musharraf visit in detail with inside stories,
highlights, sidelights and juicy bits. Please click the Update Box to
get the latest. In other stories this week, we deal with special deals
Musharraf’s Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has in store for his
Middle Eastern friends. We also produce some documents on how the Stock
Exchange was manipulated by Aziz, using small depositors’ money.
Another big scoop is the official disclosure that thousands of Pakistani
passports were missing in key suspected stations of Jeddah and Dubai.
What will be the repercussions of this disclosure on the US War against
Terror. Who used these passports? What happens if any terrorist is caught
with a stolen Pakistani passport? And we have received more documents
on the land grabbing story, showing how the Pakistan Army is keeping
and managing grabbed lands. Take care.
Shaheen Sehbai
Complete
Story of Harassment of Sehbai Family in Pakistan
View Police Report (FIR) pg
1 | pg 2
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