A.A.Mir

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A.A.Mir

@nota on July 24th, 2008 8:41 am

Another Rs 13 Billion write-off coming?
BoP scam: SC takes up plea to shift case today
…Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Wasim Sajjad, two former Prosecutors Generals of NAB Irfan Qadir, Naveed Rasool Mirza and Dr Babar Awan have moved a petition in the apex court pleading for the shifting of the hearing of the Bank of Punjab scam case, which is being investigated by NAB, from LHC to the Supreme Court by exercising the power conferred on it by P.O.No.5 of 2007 whereby Gen. Musharraf by amending Article 186-A of the Constitution gave powers to the Supreme Court to transfer any of the pending cases from any High Court to its own file.

The petitioners have prayed that they do not expect justice from the LHC as it is situated in the province, which is under the influence of Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif, the latter being the chief minister of the province….

(Sorry the name of the main culprit slips my mind but he owns Harris Steel and happens to live close by. They own 4 2-kanal houses here in DHA (one is for cars alone and one is where his dogs live — I am not kidding). Recently he and his family were allowed to escape the country and are in Malaysia right now but there business are still doing business here as usual. A Dawn report had claimed police had siezed 21 of his vehicles including a Ferrari, a BMW, a Range Rover, etc. but I doubt it as all their cars are still at their house. The teenage son Harrris drives around a Porsche 911 turbo cabriolet, among others. )

Here’s a laugher:
“The action against the Bank of Punjab was not totally wrong as the bank extended loans to the steel group on political grounds, which turned into bad loans,” said a senior banker. I guess this is what Haramzada and Wasim Sajjad are going to be arguing….
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@nota on July 25th, 2008 7:19 am

The Fix Is In!!!!!

Yesterday I posted a bit about Bank of Punjab and the Rs13 billion write-off

Well, I pick up today’s Dawn and saw the headline NAB officers held for beating accused on SC premises and right away I knew it had to do with that story from yesterday. I started reading and soon confirmed my hunch….Yes it was about Haris Steel and BoP.

I can bet you this whole incidence was staged. Though I did not see any TV yesterday the story says the whole incidence was caught on tape by many channels. My point is that that was the intent. So what is happening here is the perpetrator is being portrayed as “a victim” before the whole world. Bet you now the case would be moved to Dogar court and decision will be in favor of Haris Steel and against NAB….

I might also point out the people representing Haris Steel: Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Senator Babar Awan and Wasim Sajjad. Also keep in mind the main culprit in this case, the owner of Haris Steel, is the tight-hand man of the Chaudhries of Gujrat and is in charge of their foreign investments. Just imagine how much they stole if they were giving away Rs 13 billion to just one guy….

“They don’t have any respect for the sanctity of this court,” Chief Justice Hameed Dogar, who headed the special bench, observed in an angry tone.