The Baloch people should understand that their plight is because of gross misuse of resources by their own leaders.
ISLAMABAD: Nawab Aslam Raisani, former chief minister of the country’s poorest province, is the richest of the chief ministers, who recently handed over power to provincial caretaker governments. According to the statement filed by Mr Raisani to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the former Balochistan minister had wealth exceeding Rs522 million at the end of fiscal year 2011-12 in comparison with last year’s Rs351 million. His assets include two Harley Davidson motorcycles, one Mercedes sports car, one Hummer H2 and a house in Islamabad.
In total, he owns eight properties valued at Rs143 million. He also owns a security company worth Rs150 million, a coal mine worth Rs7 million and has an annual income of around Rs10 million from agricultural land. What the Baloch people should understand is that their plight is not because of the rule of successive governments but because of the gross misuse of their resources by their own leaders.
Dr Irfan Zafar
Published in The Express Tribune, April 4th, 2013.
