US 88 billion Dollars. That is the figure that investigators in charge of prosecuting Dr. Asim Hussain, former chairman of HEC and owner of Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi, are accusing him of possessing.
To the average layman, such astronomical figures that are being quoted as the wealth that Dr. Asim Hussain possesses would very much end up placing him at the top of the Forbes list of the wealthiest individuals on the planet.
That would make Dr. Hussain even richer than Bill Gates or other high net worth billionaires.
Victim of Political Victimization or Guilty?
In the light of the release of the Panama Papers, the common man is fed up of how public representatives lie to them about their assets, which allegedly have been acquired through legal means according to the people with off-shore accounts.
In days like these,the investigators in charge of prosecuting Dr. Hussain on charges of terror financing, money laundering and more, have their work cut out for them. But seeing as how the public has responded to Panama leaks, the possibility exists that the amount quoted in the report prepared for trying Dr. Asim in the courts seems inflated allegedly.
The wealth that the former chairman of HEC possesses is yet to be proven in court, and it may seem that the investigators want to sway public opinion in their favor by quoting such high figures.
His case has drawn parallels with that of former OGRA charman Tauqir Sadiq who also had to face similar charges and was subjected to a media trial. In the end, nothing was proven against Mr. Sadiq for his involvement in looting the national exchequer.
Officials in charge of prosecuting Dr. Asim also revealed figures of Rs. 500 billion incurred by the doctor in acts of corruption allegedly. This figure amounts to 1/8th of the budget unveiled by Pakistan in the last fiscal year. As a close aide of former President Asif Zardari, Dr Asim also faces these charges. These figures also need to be investigated and backed up by proof in a court of law.
The question is, does this case have enough evidence to back up the claims made by the investigators? Or is it a matter of swaying public emotions to money allegedly siphoned off by Dr. Asim Hussain on one pretext or another? After all, even Bill Gates doesn’t have $88 billion in assets, unless everybody used original and licensed versions of Windows and Office.
please revert back to the old theme @aamir7
okay
give an option to opt new or old design.,.,
Previous interface of website was good…. revert back to previous one.
Now I find it hard to figure out what is new and what is not.
u r right. every thing is messed up in this new format.
please give us an option to at least choose to view old, linear, straight-forward interface. Please……
@aamir7:disqus Amir bhai Pool karwa lain i think better rhy ga. Wesy old design better tha.
Yes, I also agree. Previous design was 100 times better than this one.
Yes, he’s right. old theme was elegant, very simple and user friendly. This theme is pathetic.
I also like old style this is not appropriate plz see the traffice might have been down since new update bcoz i visit lee on pro pakistani now due to this formate
Yes, I also agree. Old website theme was better in term of viewing topics.
yes please revert back to old theme
Please tell the designers that we come here for consuming information, not eye candy. In this age of information overload, we deserve a blog where we can decide what to read after merely a glance. We try to get max info but need to have to spend least time.
yes its sucking mannnnn I hate this template old one was easy and simple and beautiful tooo
Yes old one Was at glance
Yeah am a daily visitor of your website but with the new theme i cannot even see where the new articles are can just see 3-4 days old articles, very confusing. Old theme was best.
Aamir bhai look what people are saying here, this is what I have kept on telling you even with evidences.
Agreed . Aamir bhai plzrevert to old theme. J was regular visitor of propakistani. But now I visit once a week. Everything is medded up in new theme
Yes, Please!
This layout is not bad, but things needs to be fixed, such as new stories not showing up and its hard to navigate posts
Most people like simple stuff and this new design is complicated so it is very hard to find new stories.
I normally use to visit once in a day to see if anything new is posted and use to read what i thought was intersting but in this new design everything looks so complicated and and you have yo search for new stuff.
I would be better to sort post according to different categories and give user the option to read the relavant posts.
Just try to keep is simple.That is what all the bigger websites do.They keep it simple.
What is the total wealth of the family having 34 off shore companies according to Panama leaks..
Itni b laut nai machi hoyi, Banda koi reasonable figure day daita hai, aur jo recovery ho ge wo kahan jaye ge? :D
the prosecutor’s source must be/has to be Sheikh Rasheed.. Surely…. :D
bring money back in that case
@admin: If you don’t buy/use licensed version of Windows and Office that doesn’t mean whole world also don’t. Microsoft also have other products to sell.
The admin never said he doesn’t buy licensed version of windows, if something, I can be sure that ProPakistani uses such windows in servers and their official website equipment due to several reasons, specially security and them being professional bloggers.
The admin merely quoted a figure, and if you know, people in China use 80%+ pirated windows. Even brand new laptops and desktops are sold with counterfeit software. It’s not just Pakistan and Pakistanis who use such software, and the admin hasn’t even used the word ”whole world” or all Pakistan for that matter.
As a matter of fact, I have licensed windows. I use LibreOffice (which is free) instead of MS Office :-)
As a matter of fact, I have licensed windows. I use LibreOffice (which is free) instead of MS Office :-)
Well, sigh!
The prosecutors must have said 88 billion rupees. It can never be in dollars.
He has at least 3 times more wealth then the mentioned $88 billion.
Yeah, no.
There are other products that actually makes Microsoft money, being Azure platform, servers (around 20ish products), CAL’s, Hardware (Game Consoles and peripherals), Windows is likely to get free in future anyway (Ad supported) and when it comes to use of Pirated products, do you really think Microsoft isn’t aware of the situation? Even Adobe does, for they still dont put the hammer down as if they do, people will start using alternative products, so effecting their market share. No company wants that in competitive world today.
why propk staff and not an individual who wrote the article :P
Imagine the Zakkat on that ammount, ab to ghareeb bhi Oculus VR khareed sakty hain :p
Nawaz Sharif must be feeling like an underachiever. At least he has got some competition.
woooww. bhi 88$ billion mazak nahi. Dear prosecuters itno lambi bhi nahi chorte. 1-2 $billion banda man la lekin
88 billion to 3 saal ka pakistan ka budget bhi nahi ha.
Aamir sahab ko bhoooot opinions di but no response
Clearly a paid article.. next time atleast try to write in a way that it dosent look too obvious paid job!
How he did earn this worth billions and billions tell the poor nation the very tricky game.
These are the rulers and the politicians who made the nation and the people the beggars but are respected even.