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Bhutto Family Swiss Accounts

Chowk Press October 27, 1997

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#4 Posted by SR on November 1, 1997 11:57:56 pm
These facts should be viewed in the light of the following:

Benazir Bhutto paid Pk. Rs. 12,000.00 in tax last year.

Mian Nawaz Sharif paid Pk. Rs. 16,000.00, that in US$ is LESS
than ONE THOUSAND if we ADD what both of them paid. Its A-team vs B-team.
Nothing is changing folks.

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#3 Posted by Mobasher on October 30, 1997 9:26:54 pm
DOKTOR BENZASIF SEUS RAPS AT A SWISS CHEESE PARTY ...

I did not overthrow my lovely wife,
I did not slash her brother with a knife.
I did not bonk her mother on the head,
I did not know that her papa was dead.

I stayed at home all alone those fateful years,
I took limos and lonely flights, limos and flights.
The bag with $4-billion I had was just for me,
My bag! My bag! Hey, leave it be!

Whenever I came back from those lonely flights,
I had paper gashes -- My fingers were cut from countin` cashes.
Yea I cut my knuckles from counting cashes,
Counting cashes did cause those gashes.

My friends, they took me for a ride,
All through Zurich AG from side to side.
From north to south we took a ride,
But from the poliz we could not hide.

Those happy days lasted for many a years,
Years! Years! Just partying here!
Mister Ten Percent or Forty Percent?
AHEM! AHAW! DUM DUM! YA HA!
That circus-hype my lovely wife saw!
Year after Year Just Partying here!
Year after Year Just Partying dere!

Did you do this awful crime?
Did you do this anytime?
I did not do this awful crime,
I could not, would not, anytime.
Did you take $400-million in that bag?
Did you stash $40-million in that Eu Clair?

I did not overthrow my lovely wife,
I did not, could not, overthrow my wife.
I did not do this awful crime,
I could not, would not, anytime.

Did you hit her brother from above?
Did you drop this bloody glove?
I did not hit her brother from above,
I cannot even wear that latex glove.
I did not do it with secret accounts,
I did not, could not, overrun my bounds.
I did not do this awful crime,
I could not, would not, anytime.

The latex glove you see it doesn`t fit,
But Commissioner Reman says you must acquit.
Acquit because the Swiss all lied,
Acquit, acquit the Grand Mufti cried.

The Swiss came back verdict in hand
and silence fell across the pure land.
Not Guilty, Not Guilty they did decree!
Not guilty, not guilty, now set him free!

And now I`m free, I can return
To my lovely wife for whom I yearn,
And to my children whom I love.
Now would you please return my damn latex glove!!


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#2 Posted by Syed Ahmed on October 30, 1997 3:37:58 pm
I am sure that the accountants of the aforementioned family must have done their homework before embarking on the Swiss odyssey.

Your second issue has more to do with the ineptitude of the Pakistani Government than the suspected culprits. Given the state of affairs in Pakistan and leaks in the government establishment, it is probably quite likely that the suspects had siphoned off the majority of the loot into other accounts worldwide.

Thirdly judicial or social policy has very little to do with a return on investment, otherwise we would be euthanizing our senior citizens, liquidating or mentally disabled and burying alive the less fortunate. The deterrent effect of such a prosecution, is
sufficient justification to pursue prosecution.

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#1 Posted by khan on October 29, 1997 12:02:16 pm
Re: Wasiq

Agreed that even this ``paltry`` sum is probably stolen. But where is the rest of the $4.985 billion??


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