NAB to reopen old cases of Sharif family and recover the public money

Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has welcomed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s statement in London calling for equitable  distribution of wealth, and has urged him to make a beginning by setting a personal example.

In a statement here on Wednesday, he said Pakistan was among the countries having most inequitable distribution of wealth, with mountains of riches on one side and about one third of the population living below poverty line, on the other. Therefore, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif should adopt concrete measures to end this disparity and take the lead by bringing back the wealth of his family lying abroad besides bringing to accountability ex-President Zardari and others involved in the plunder of the public money, ensuring recovery of all ill gotten wealth from them.

If only the wealth of the Pakistanis in foreign banks was brought back, Pakistan could be freed from the crutches of the MF, and most of its economic problems be solved, he added.

However, he said, it was unfortunate that as a present, the governments of the PPP and the PML(N) were protecting each other’s corruption. He said corruption scandals of the politicians were coming to light every now and then but there was no move to check this menace.

In this respect, he especially referred to the notorious NRO which gave protection to thousands of the corrupt people, including politicians and bureaucrats, involved in corruption and loot of the public money.

The nation would like the NAB to reopen old cases and recover the public money from the plunderers, he said. Besides, he said, the tax net must be expanded and the wealthy be brought under the tax net in order to generate additional resources.

Syed Munawar Hasan also appreciated British Prime Minister David Cameron’s statement lauding the benefits of the Islamic banking system. However, he said it was a pity that the Pakistani rulers were not ready to accept this reality and were bent upon continuing the interest based economic system. He noted that the Islamic Ideological Council had issued a decree for abolishing interest and for enforcing interest free banking system, but the Nawaz Sharif government in the past went in appeal against this decision  and the court decision was still pending. He said until and unless, the country got rid of interest based banking, the economic problems of the country and the nation would not be solved.