I would request the people of both Pakistan and France to jointly struggle to punish the culprits.
KARACHI: With reference to your editorial of November 27 titled “The submarine affair” I would like to say that it is good that your newspaper is following the Agosta submarine deal scandal. I have been reading about this deal since the 90s and remember well that the French government first offered the three new Agosta submarine at cost of about $560 million. After some time the price escalated to $600 million and inflation was given as the main reason. Eventually, Pakistan ending up paying $950 million and this reflects the volume of corruption in the deal.
I would request the people of both Pakistan and France to jointly struggle to punish the culprits and recover the money that was paid in kickbacks.
Muhammed Saleem Rehmani
Published in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2010.
