Where Did the Saudi $Billion Dollar Bribe Go?

[Immortan.Joe]

Some sobering thoughts guys,
when Nawaz Government came in power it made it clear that it was cancelling the Pak-Iran gaspipe line deal. Not much information was out. Saudis didnt like the Idea and neither did the Americans and it was all too convenient.

and then there was the news of Saudi 1.5 Billion dollar "aid" to Pakistan and where it went
http://www.dawn.com/news/1093342


Dar called it a gift to Pakistan (read Sherifs)
.. still remains the mystery.. until the news of nearly a billion pound property at 1 Hyde park surfaced together with panama leaks. the property was "gifted" by an unnamed Arab country for a token money. Sherif family being the the Pakistani Sherifs tried to con the British inland revenue by evading the tax but were threatened and had to pay 34 Million pounds for the same or other properties.


it is really sickening to think that the Saudi bribe to cancel the much needed gas project with Iran was pocketed by the Sherifs. if this money is for other "services" then please elaborate.

disclaimer
this thread is not meant to throw scorn on the Sherifs. they are our leaders of course and their kin will rule us for centuries . they represent our mentality our faith or morality our national attitude towards everything in our lives from dealing , fraud, thievery, dishonesty, lying and then bragging about it.


I am just putting 2 and 2 together to see if that "gift" in London is related to that Saudi bribe to deny us the iranian gas?


http://www.dawn.com/news/640754/finger-on-the-pulse

In Avenfield House overlooking Hyde Park, bang on Park Lane, where Nawaz Sharif's son Hasan owns a splendid home, a two-bedroom flat is currently on sale for £900,000. And one would assume Shahbaz Sharif is higher up in the Sharif hierarchy than Hasan.

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extract from Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/news/201...world-leaders-tycoons-secret-property-empires

Also named in the files is Mariam Safdar, the married name of the daughter of the Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif. A 2012 email identifies Safdar, usually known as Mariam Nawaz Sharif, as having been the beneficial owner of two offshore companies that each own flats in Avenfield House on Park Lane.

The Sharif family has previously denied any impropriety in relation to the property, saying they were bought because the Sharif children were studying in London. On Monday the Sharif family issued a statement declaring that Safdar “is not a beneficiary or owner of any of these companies”. Separately Sharif’s son, Hussain, said that the family had done nothing wrong. “It is according to British law and laws of other countries that it is a legal way to avoid unnecessary tax via offshore companies,” he said.

Holy Shit!!

House worth $1 Billion ie 6800 crore Rupees (Indian) or 10500 crore Pakistani Rupee!!

Has Nawaz brought keep of Hornburg to take refuge during next military coup?

 

[litman]

NS has said today that they will be the ruling family in the next term as well. this family will always rule pak till the time pak exists and under their able leadership pak days are surely numbered. the west is happy with him . india is happy with him. majority of the idiotic population of pak is happy with him so who is gonna remove him? they own the election commission, they own the police, they own the judiciary. they loot all the money and then spend on the influential people in all the important sectors at the time of election. they are the "pharoahs" of pakistan and the pak nation is "bani israel" but the situation is even worse then the situation of pharohs and bani israel of egypt as the majority of this today's bani israel is happy with the pharoah.

 

[Erhabi]

I know
Like I said earlier we are already involved in it.. someone will surely take place of retired Gen Hamid Gul
he was running the Pakistani mercenary show sending of Pak Army veterans (preferably Sunnis as requested by our Muslim Arab "brothers") to quell the uprising against the Arab monarchies and to subdue Yemenis
Arab monarchs have a very low threshold of patience and they wont waste time with Pakistan army exercises for the sake of exercises in the scorching deserts

to stop the Persian Ayatullahs they have to confront and fight and that requires sacrifice with blood (of non-Arab grateful / indebted "Rafeeqs")

but rhetoric aside I agree with you.. morals be damned in the end it is your national interest

for America ........ which makes you smile and kiss the cheeks of your Arab counterpart and call them Allies without throwing up.

And what you have to say about the recruitment of Pakistani Shias by Khameini for their war in Iraq and Syria or you just got special hatred for Sunnis in your heart? Where is the proof that Pakistanis are going to Yemen to fight Saudi war? I never saw you bashing Iranis and that makes me more sure that you are a bigot in guise of counter terrorism expert lol. what a joke and General Hamid Gul wasn't running any show after retirement why are you spreading so much nonsense?

 

[New Resolve]

Panama Sharif should be behind bars, only in pakistan he is actually the PM.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

And what you have to say about the recruitment of Pakistani Shias by Khameini for their war in Iraq and Syria

my sad face friend
please don't throw a sectarian BS at me
I loathe anyone who treats and uses our people in their meat grinder.
and that includes the Iranian Komenies as well as the Arab wahabis.

 

[ziaulislam]

And what you have to say about the recruitment of Pakistani Shias by Khameini for their war in Iraq and Syria or you just got special hatred for Sunnis in your heart? Where is the proof that Pakistanis are going to Yemen to fight Saudi war? I never saw you bashing Iranis and that makes me more sure that you are a bigot in guise of counter terrorism expert lol. what a joke and General Hamid Gul wasn't running any show after retirement why are you spreading so much nonsense?

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1095635/iran-to-grant-citizenship-to-families-of-foreign-martyrs/

 

[Irfan Baloch]

NS has said today that they will be the ruling family in the next term as well. this family will always rule pak till the time pak exists and under their able leadership pak days are surely numbered. the west is happy with him . india is happy with him. majority of the idiotic population of pak is happy with him so who is gonna remove him? they own the election commission, they own the police, they own the judiciary. they loot all the money and then spend on the influential people in all the important sectors at the time of election. they are the "pharoahs" of pakistan and the pak nation is "bani israel" but the situation is even worse then the situation of pharohs and bani israel of egypt as the majority of this today's bani israel is happy with the pharoah.

Indians in their parliament are openly calling Nawaz sherif as their asset and cursing Mdi for not doing enough to save him from scrutiny since the Panama leak. India openly says it invested on this PM hence this PM despite having kashmiri roots said (during Modi inauguration) that the borderline between Pakistan and India is meaninglessness and pointless

 

[nair]

Indians in their parliament are openly calling Nawaz sherif as their asset and cursing Mdi for not doing enough to save him from scrutiny since the Panama leak

Where did this come from ????? (sorry for my ignorance/lack of awareness)

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Where did this come from ????? (sorry for my ignorance/lack of awareness)

there is a clip lol
Lok Sabah.. one of the respected Indian MP on the point of order is telling off BJP govt. seen it on youtube.
the context is like

why Sarkar not doing anything for Nawaz? we invested so much on him.. he is being hounded by Army and his government is under threat. Nawaz is our asset and must be protected. I will look up the video or at least find the name of the guy for you. I am not saying it for the sake of saying as this is not India bashing thread but just mourning the kind of leadership we have

 

[litman]

Indians in their parliament are openly calling Nawaz sherif as their asset and cursing Mdi for not doing enough to save him from scrutiny since the Panama leak. India openly says it invested on this PM hence this PM despite having kashmiri roots said (during Modi inauguration) that the borderline between Pakistan and India is meaninglessness and pointless

yes i know but what can we do ? as i said earlier the majority of us(pak public) still support NS. and even if we don't vote for them they control the system and they know all the loop holes through which they can remain in power. remember what zardari said to army "you are here for three years but we are going to stay here forever" this is because he owns sindh and nothing can kick PPP out of sindh. the whole nation knows the relations of MQM with raw but still mqm is winning in karachi. our political elite exactly knows how to enslave the nation through bribes and threats.

 

[Max]

there is a clip lol
Lok Sabah.. one of the respected Indian MP on the point of order is telling off BJP govt. seen it on youtube.
the context is like

why Sarkar not doing anything for Nawaz? we invested so much on him.. he is being hounded by Army and his government is under threat. Nawaz is our asset and must be protected. I will look up the video or at least find the name of the guy for you. I am not saying it for the sake of saying as this is not India bashing thread but just mourning the kind of leadership we have

just bcoz a Indian MP fart in Indian parliament about PM you will believe it, according to Shaikh Rasheed Nawaz Sharif was pure India hater Kashmiri when he used to be part of his cabinet , he just said few days ago in Mahaz with Wajahat.S Khan..

 

[Irfan Baloch]

just bcoz a Indian MP fart in Indian parliament about PM you will believe it, according to Shaikh Rasheed Nawaz Sharif was pure India hater Kashmiri when he used to be part of his cabinet , he just said few days ago in Mahaz with Wajahat.S Khan..

yes

used to be

thats the key word. did you see what Nawaz was saying when he went on Modi's oath taking ceremony? but like I told Nair.. this thread is not about India but about that curious 1 billion Dollar gift. I mean I can understand few millions but that much money is unimaginable unless there is something else expected in return but how Pakistan will pay up with its blood when its leaders have safely stashed the money in the west?

 

[Max]

1 billion Dollar gift.

are you talking about $1.5 billion soft loan to govt of Pakistan?

http://tribune.com.pk/story/682409/...ed-pakistan-1-5-billion-to-shore-up-reserves/

Revealed: It was Saudi Arabia that loaned Pakistan $1.5 billion to shore up reserves

ISLAMABAD: The “friendly Muslim country” that a beaming Ishaq Dar had referred to during his press conference on Wednesday, was revealed to be Saudi Arabia on Thursday, having loaned cash-strapped Pakistan $1.5 billion this week to shore up its reserves.

Pakistan had last month sought Riyadh’s help to shore up its foreign exchange reserves and meet debt-service obligations and undertake large energy and infrastructure projects, Pakistani officials have told Reuters.

The cash injection boosted reserve figures and helped the rupee rise to a nine-month high against the greenback of Rs97.40 from 105.40 against the dollar between March 4 and 12. This is the strongest rally of the rupee in 30 years.

“On a personal guarantee of the prime minister, Saudi Arabia has given $1.5 billion, which has helped bail out the rupee,” one senior Pakistani government official close to the deal told Reuters, requesting anonymity as he was not authorized to disclose the source and purpose of the funding.

The governor of the Saudi central bank declined to comment, and officials gave no details of the loan terms.

Another top official who is based in Lahore said the money went into an account known as the Pakistan Development Fund set up to channel money from “friendly countries” like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

“We have a promise of a total $3 billion, of which $1.5 billion has been received so far,” the second official said. “Most recently, we got $750 million from the Saudis.”

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has long enjoyed close relations with the Saudi royal family. After his second term as prime minister was ended by a military coup in 1999, he was sent into exile in Saudi Arabia.

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi financier and member of the ruling House of Saud, had dubbed Nawaz as “Saudi Arabia’s man in Pakistan”.

Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed on Wednesday that $1.5 billion was received under the development fund but declined to comment on the source.

“Why do you want to expose our friends?” he told reporters. “The countries who have helped us don’t want us to disclose the source.”

New fund

Dar announced the creation of the new fund on February 18, the same day Saudi crown prince and deputy prime minister Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud concluded a three-day-visit to Pakistan.

Pakistan’s new army chief, General Raheel Sharif, also met King Abdullah and top Saudi military commanders during a trip to the kingdom two weeks before the new account was set up.

Other high-profile Saudi visitors to Pakistan this year have included Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal and Prince Salman bin Sultan, the country’s deputy defense minister.

According to the finance ministry, gross official reserves – including the latest injection of $1.5 billion – stood at $9.52 billion on March 11. A third loan tranche of $550 million from the International Monetary Fund, expected before the end of March, will push reserves close to $10 billion.

Pakistan is expected to receive $150 million from the Islamic Development Bank in March, as well as $150-200 million under the Coalition Support Fund, reimbursements for assistance in the US-led coalition’s Afghanistan war effort.

Pakistan has delayed its launch of Eurobonds worth $500 million to May and plans to raise billions of dollars in privatisation revenue by June.

The government also expects to raise over $1 billion through the auction of spectrum licences.

An increase in foreign investment and remittances by overseas Pakistanis has also helped lift the rupee. Remittances increased by 11 per cent to $10.2 billion during the first eight months of this fiscal year.

The finance ministry has also attributed the currency’s recovery to punitive action against exporters withholding export receipts abroad and warnings to foreign exchange speculators.

 

[HAIDER]

1.5 billion was gift to Nawaz , that's it. Our King Nawaz got gift from another King...so people has no right to criticize him

 

[Irfan Baloch]

are you talking about $1.5 billion soft loan to govt of Pakistan?

http://tribune.com.pk/story/682409/...ed-pakistan-1-5-billion-to-shore-up-reserves/

Revealed: It was Saudi Arabia that loaned Pakistan $1.5 billion to shore up reserves

so the Reserves went "off shore" instead of shoring up Pakistani reserves they found themselves converted into UK property. long live House of Sherifs
may their lust and thirst for money never ever end. may they get even more and more and still remain dissatisfied.