The Federal Cabinet has announced a new law that will provide a 20 percent reward to those who help recover looted money stashed overseas. This Wednesday, Cabinet members held a combined meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan, to discuss issues pertaining to corruption money stored overseas, and approved the new whistleblower law to help recover looted wealth.
Federal cabinet has decided to introduce a law through an ordinance providing for reward worth 20 percent for helping recover the looted money stashed abroad.
~Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain pic.twitter.com/N2Mwx8YFMu— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) September 5, 2018
Whistleblower law will compensate any people who help recover any illegal money that was moved abroad with a 20 percent share of the total amount recovered. The law also ensures that the names of the informers will be kept completely confidential.
Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhary, along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar told the media that the new law is being put into effect immediately.
Removing Information Constraints
Other than that, PM’s Special Assistant also told the media that a new legislation on mutual legal assistance is also being issued. It will remove any constraints that have been preventing the authorities from getting information from other countries related to illegal wealth.
It’s already under process, as the Prime Minister has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to send a delegation to Switzerland that will expedite the ratification of a treaty that makes the exchange of information on bank accounts between the countries possible. According to him, the treaty was signed back in 2013 but was never ratified.
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Shahzad Akbar also said that the government has decided to employ official firms that will work to find out about ill-gotten money in offshore bank accounts, and help recover it. Similarly, the firms will receive a share of the amount upon a successful recovery.
Fawad Chaudhary told that eighty billion rupees have been restored and returned back to the Finance Ministry after the abolition of a number of discretionary funds by the Prime Minister, including the previous government’s laptop scheme.
The Prime Minister, realizing the vitality of this new implementation, has asked the relevant authorities to deliver reports related to the new enactment on a fortnightly basis.
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So that leaves us with $160 Billion, still a great deal.
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