Two concentric circles

Consider two concentric circles, the inner circle is a thousand times smaller than the outer circle, that is how you can differentiate the difference between the Zardari clique ruling Pakistan from the people of Pakistan.  The minuscule circle contains the cronies of Zardari, his family members, and his camp followers.  The outer behemoth circle contains almost 180 million people of Pakistan.  The inner circle controls the wealth and resources of Pakistan, and are slowly squirrelling them away in foreign bank accounts and land holdings.  Basel, Switzerland, Dubai, Luxembourg, Lichtenstein, Monaco, Cayman Islands, and Isle of White are repository of stolen Pakistani wealth estimated to be around 70 billion dollars.  These accounts and holdings are so well hidden behind a facade of “dummy,” corporations, that it would take a team of forensic accountants and trained criminologists to trace them down.  But, history tells us it is possible, in recent past Col.Gadhafi, Hosni Mubarak, Augusto Pinochet, and Manuel Noriega’s hidden assets have been tracked and billions of dollars in foreign bank account have been recovered.  This has been possible because, the numbered bank accounts in Swiss Banks can be disclosed, if the wealth in these accounts is acquired by unlawful means.  Pakistan’s judiciary is currently tracking down the sources of Memogate scandal; it would behoove them to acquire the services of International Financial Forensics expert to track Zardari, Nawaz Shariff, Chaudhry Brothers, and Altaf Husain’s wealth. Many expatriate Pakistanis are working in major forensic accounting firms.  These are people who feel the pain for the fiscal mismanagement of the country during the last 10 years. If called upon by the Supreme Court, they would gladly provide such services even on a pro bono basis. All it needs is the will of Pakistani people to hold their corrupt government accountable for the stolen wealth.  It can and will be recovered, if a truly democratically elected and honest government is elected in the next election.  People like Imran Khan should start planning on how the stolen wealth of Pakistan will be recovered. It would be meaningful, if Imran Khan provides a roadmap with milestones and deliverables in tracing and recovering the wealth of Pakistan’s 180 million tired and hungry masses, yearning to breathe in a just and equitable society freedom.  Pakistan’s wealth belongs to the bigger circle, which represents its suffering people. Any one, who can achieve this, will have their name emblazoned along side that of Pakistan’s founder, Quaid-i-Azam. They will have rescued a nation hijacked by looters and opportunists for the last sixty years.