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Times change, and with the leader of one of the largest and most powerful political parties in the country currently in jail, those that were previously insulated from the law are no longer so, and Altaf Hussain is no longer insulated either. If he is found guilty, even in absentia, of any offence that attracts a prison sentence in Pakistan then he must be returned to serve it. Equally to be returned to the exchequer is the money now in foreign accounts. Anybody found to be an accomplice of Altaf Hussain and engaged in illegal activity must be similarly prosecuted. A warrant for the arrest of Altaf Hussain has been issued and he has been summoned to court on September 1, 2018.
The Age of Impunity is fading in Pakistan and there are the glimmerings of an Age of Accountability. This country has a long and dishonourable history of being robbed by those who govern it. The robbery is at every level federal and provincial, and the sums involved both great and small. This most recent disclosure laid at the door of the MQM and its leader and huge as it is, is probably the tip of a very large iceberg. It is now for the new government to make good on its promises and put criminals in the dock.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 3rd, 2018.
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