Can You Please tell me, how did he managed to acquire all this wealth and properties:
1. Properties of Asif Ali Zardari
As published in The Nation, April 01, 1998, the properties of Asif Ali Zardar include:
LOCAL ASSETS:
Plot no. 121, Phase VIII, DHA Karachi.
Agricultural land situated in Deh Dali Wadi, Taluka, Tando Allah Yar.
Agricultural property located in Deh Tahooki Taluka, District Hyderabad (65.15 acres).
Agricultural land falling in Deh 76-Nusrat, Taluka, District Nawabshah (827.14 acres)
Agricultural land situated in Deh 76-Nusrat, Taluka, District Nawabshah (293.18 acres)
Residential plot No 3 (Now House) Block No B-I, City Survey No 2268 Ward-A Nawabshah
Huma Heights (Asif Apartments) 133, Depot Lines, Commissariat Road, Karachi
Trade Tower Building 3/CL/V Abdullah Haroon Road, Karachi
House No 8, St 19, F-8/2, Islamabad
Agricultural land in Deh 42 Dad Taluka/ District Nawabshah
Agricultural land in Deh 51 Dad Taluka Distt Nawabshah
Plot No 3 & 4 Sikni (residential) Near Housing Society Ltd. Nawabshah
CafT Sheraz (C.S No. 2231/2 & 2231/3) Nawabshah
Agricultural land in Deh 23-Deh Taluka & District Nawabshah
Agricultural property in Deh 72-A, Nusrat Taluka, Nawabshah
Agricultural land in Deh 76-Nusrat Taluka, Nawabshah
Plot No. A/136 Survey No 2346 Ward A Government Employee’s Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Nawabshah
Agricultural land in Deh Jaryoon Taluka Tando Allah Yar, Distt. Hyderabad
Agricultural land in Deh Aroro Taluka Tando Allah Yar “ “
Agricultural land in Deh Nondani Taluka Tando Allah Yar “ “
Agricultural land in Deh Lotko Taluka Tando Allah Yar “ “
Agricultural land in Deh Jhol Taluka Tando Allah Yar “ “
Agricultural land in Deh Kandari Taluka Tando Allah Yar “ “
Agricultural land in Deh Deghi Taluka Tando Mohammad Khan
Agricultural land in Deh Rahooki Taluka, Hyderabad
Property in Deh Charo Taluka, Badin
Agricultural property in Deh Dali Wadi Taluka, Hyderabad
Five acres prime land allotted by DG KDA in 1995/96
4,000 kanals on Simli Dam
80 acres of land at Hawkes Bay
13 acres of land at Maj Gulradi (KPT Land)
One acre plot, GCI, Clifton
One acre of land, State Life (Internationa l Center, Sadar)
FEBCs worth Rs. 4 million
SHARES IN SUGAR MILLS INCLUDE:
Sakrand Sugar Mills Nawabshah
Ansari Sugar Mills Hyderabad
Mirza Sugar Mills Badin
Pangrio Sugar Mills Thatta
Bachani Sugar Mills Sanghar
FRONT COMPANIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES:
Bomer Fiannce Inc, British Virgin Islands
Mariston Securities Inc, “ “ “
Marleton Business S A, “ “ “
Capricorn Trading S A, “ “ “
Fagarita Consulting INc, “ “ “
Marvil Associated Inc, , “ “ “
Pawnbury Finance Ltd, “ “ “
Oxton Trading Limited, “ “ “
Brinslen Invest S A, “ “ “
Chimitex Holding S A, “ “ “
Elkins Holding S A, “ “ “
Minister Invest Ltd, “ “ “
Silvernut Investment Inc, “ “ “
Tacolen Investment Ltd, “ “ “
Marlcrdon Invest S A, “ “ “
Dustan Trading Inc, “ “ “
Reconstruction and Development Finance Inc, “ “ “
Nassam Alexander Inc.
Westminster Securities Inc.
Laptworth Investment Inc 202, Saint Martin Drive, West Jacksonville
Intra Foods Inc. 3376, Lomrel Grove, Jacksonville , Florida
Dynatel Trading Co, Florida
A.S Realty Inc. Palm Beach Gardens Florida
Bon Voyage Travel Consultancy Inc, Florida
PROPERTIES IN UK ARE:
355 acre Rockwood Estate, Surrey (Now stands admitted)
Flat 6, 11 Queensgate Terrace, London SW7
26 Palace Mansions, Hammersmith Road, London W14
27 Pont Street , London, SW1
20 Wilton Crescent, London SW1
23 Lord Chancellor Walk, Coombe Hill, Kingston, Surrey
The Mansion, Warren Lane, West Hampstead, London
A flat at Queensgate Terrace, London
Houses at Hammersmith Road, Wilton Crescen t, Kingston and in Hampstead.
PROPERTIES IN BELGIUM ARE:
12-3 Boulevard De-Nieuport, 1000, Brussels, (Building containing 4 shops and 2 large apartments)
Chausee De-Mons, 1670, Brussels
PROPERTIES IN FRANCE ARE:
La Manoir De La Reine Blanche and property in Cannes
PROPERTIES IN USA – in the name of Asif Zardari and managed by Shimmy Qureshi are:
Stud farm in Texas
Wellington Club East, West Palm Beach
12165 West Forest Hills , Florida
Escue Farm 13,524 India Mound, West Palm Beach
3,220 Santa Barbara Drive, Wellington Florida
13,254 Polo Club Road, West Palm Beach Florida
3,000 North Ocean Drive, Singer Islands, Florida
525 South Flager Driver, West Palm Beach, Florida
Holiday Inn Houston Owned by Asif Ali Zardari, Iqbal Memon and Sadar-ud-Din Hashwani
BANK ACCOUNTS IN FOREGN COMPANIES ARE:
Union Bank of Switzerland (Account No. 552.343, 257.556.60Q, 433.142.60V, 216.393.60T)
Citibank Private Limited (SWZ) (Account No. 342034)
Citibank N A Dubai (Account No. 818097)
Barclays Bank (Suisse) (Account No. 62290209)
Barclays Bank (Suisse) (Account No. 62274400)
Banque Centrade Ormard Burrus S A
Banque Pache S A
Banque Pictet & Cie
Banque La Henin, Paris (Account No. 00101953552)
Bank Natinede Paris in Geneva (Account NO. 563.726.9)
Swiss Bank Corporation
Chase Manhattan Bank Switzerland
American Express Bank Switzerland
Societe De Banque Swissee
Barclays Bank (Knightsbridge Branch) (Account No. 90991473)
Barclays Bank, Kingston and Chelsea Branch, (Sort Code 20-47-34135)
National Westminster Bank, Alwych Branch (Account No. 9683230)
Habib Bank (Pall Mall Branch).
National Westminster Bank, Barking Branch, (Account No. 28558999).
Habib Bank AG, Moorgate, London EC2
National Westminster Bank, Edgware Road, London
Banque Financiei E Dela Citee, Credit Suisse
Habib Bank AG Zurich, Switzerland
Pictet Et Cie, Geneva
Credit Agricole, Paris
Credit Agridolf, Branch 11, Place Brevier, 76440, Forges Les Faux
Credit Agricole, Branch Haute – Normandie, 76230, Boise Chillaume
Known foreign assets of Benazir
According to an information released by a foreign source, the foreign assets of late Benazir Bhutto include the following:
Her properties in the UK include:
Rockwood Estate, Haslemere Road, Brooke, Surrey,
Flats 6,11, Queens Gate Terrace London SW7;
26 Palace Mansion, Hammussmilch Road, London W14;
27 Pont Street London SW1; 20, Wilton Crescent, London SW1.
Her properties in France include:
La Manoir Della La Reine Branch Mormon Ville, Hameau, (Near Forges);
France 76780,5 Acre +2 attached properties (4.8 million French Francs in 1990);
Property in Cannes France.
Her properties in the USA include:
Stud Farm in Texas; Wellington Club East, West Palm Beach,
Escue Farm, 13524, India Mound, West Palm Beach, Florida,
417 Acres; 3220 Santa Barba Drive Wellington, Florida;
13254, Polo Club Road, West Palm Beach, Florida;
3000, North Ocean Drive, Singer Islands, Florida;
525, South Flager Drive, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Based upon the available data and last evaluations per 1998 market, the total estimated value of the above stated assets amount to 1.5 billion dollars. The information can be further authenticated through property evaluators and agents.
Even if we discount this list and disregard accusations by local authorities as political assassination of the couple; Polish, Swiss and French Courts provided evidence of the alleged corruption back in 1998.http://www.paktribune.com/speakout/comments.php?id=192863&t=1&a=t
Now this man is our president. God Bless our collective wisdom
A 1998 report indicates that Pakistani investigators have documents that uncover a network of bank accounts, all linked to the family’s lawyer in Switzerland, with Asif Zardari as the principal shareholder.
Documents released by the French authorities indicated that Zadari offered exclusive rights to Dassault, a French aircraft manufacturer, to replace the air force’s fighter jets in exchange for a 5% commission to be paid to a Swiss corporation controlled by Zardari.
A 1998 report indicates that Pakistani investigators have documents that uncover a network of bank accounts, all linked to the family’s lawyer in Switzerland, with Asif Zardari as the principal shareholder.
The article also said a Dubai company received an exclusive license to import gold into Pakistan for which Asif Zardari received payments of more than $10M into his Dubai-based Citibank accounts. The owner of the company denied that he had made payments to Zardari and claims the documents were forged.
The paper also said that Zardari’s parents, who had modest assets at the time of Bhutto’s marriage, now own a 355-acre estate south of London.
benazir Bhutto and her husband face wide-ranging allegations of theft concerning hundreds of millions of dollars of “commissions” on government contracts and tenders.
Despite this, a power-sharing deal brokered between Mussharaf and Zardari allowed him access to BB's Swiss bank accounts containing £740 million ($1.5 Billion).
Another one of her prime assets include her 10 bedroom mock Tudor Surrey mansion.
Switzerland
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On 23 July 1998, the Swiss Government handed over documents to the government of Pakistan which relate to corruption allegations against Benazir Bhutto and her husband.The documents included a formal charge of money laundering by Swiss authorities against Zardari.
The Pakistani government had been conducting a wide-ranging inquiry to account for more than $13.7 million frozen by Swiss authorities in 1997 that was allegedly stashed in banks by Bhutto and her husband. The Pakistani government recently filed criminal charges against Bhutto in an effort to track down an estimated $1.5 billion she and her husband are alleged to have received in a variety of criminal enterprises.The documents suggest that the money Zardari is alleged to have laundered was accessible to Benazir Bhutto and had been used to buy a diamond necklace for over $175,000.
On 6 August 2003, Swiss magistrates found Benazir and her husband guilty of money laundering. They were given six-month suspended jail terms, fined $50,000 each and were ordered to pay $11 million to the Pakistani government. The six-year trial alleged that Benazir and Zardari deposited in Swiss accounts $10 million given to them by a Swiss company in exchange for a contract in Pakistan. The couple said they would appeal. The Pakistani investigators say Zardari opened a Citbank account in Geneva in 1995 through which they say he passed some $40 million of the $100 million he received in payoffs from foreign companies doing business in Pakistan.
Every Pakistani is questioning about public money pardoned under NRO. Every Pakistani has the right to question as to why the money in question was pardoned without a trial. Qasim Zia had no right to threaten anyone for asking a legitimate question when IK raised this question in the press!
The way PPP co-chairperson withdrew from written agreements was astonishing. Another very serious question that now arises is the credibility of Asif Zardari who took an oath as President of Pakistan. How can the Pakistani nation trust that he won’t go against his oath, when he cannot keep his words and he can simply retract by saying that agreements are not Quran or Hadiths.
2. Zardari gave over 200 medical reports to avoid cases
Asif Ali Zardari had presented more than 200 medical certificates in different courts, both in Pakistan and outside, to delay the proceedings in corruption cases filed against him. Disclosing this, sources said, the much-discussed medical reports about his mental disorders were also challenged by the Government of Pakistan as fake.
Sources in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told that the Bureau in early 2007 wrote to the London High Court and questioned the authenticity of the medical report that recently made headlines in the national and international media.
“We wrote to the London High Court that the Government of Pakistan believes that the psychiatrist’s report was a case of perjury and meant to delay the proceedings of the corruption case,” a source said, adding that the London High Court was requested to constitute an independent medical board to ascertain if the accused is really suffering from psychological disorders.
When the London High Court approved the request of the Government of Pakistan it recommended the case to the Head of Psychiatry Department, Harvard University; Head of Psychiatry Department, Columbia University; or Head of Psychiatry Department, New York State University.
Following Pakistan’s request, the London High Court approved the first option of the Harvard University’s Psychiatry Department. However, before the matter could proceed further, the Lahore-based NAB’s special cell, probing corruption cases against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, was closed following an understanding that was reached between the ousted dictator and the slain chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party.
The PPP sources, when approached, said that Asif Ali Zardari was kept in jail in the worst conditions for 11 years. They said if anybody faced such conditions for only one month, it was bound to have an impact on his health. They said the harsh conditions may have adversely affected the health of Zardari, but he had fully recovered afterwards.
The PPP is of the view that both Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto were the target of political victimisation and that fake corruption cases were framed against them. The PPP including its co-chairperson has also been insisting that despite their trial for more than ten years none of the corruption cases was proved against them. Asif Ali Zardari laments that he had to remain in jail for 11 years for what he claims were crimes he never committed.
The NAB sources, however, have a different story to tell about these corruption cases. The prosecution of the corruption cases against the two, they said, initially faced legal hitches because of the fact that Benazir Bhutto was in exile while Zardari was in Pakistan.
In most of these corruption cases, the two were co-accused so the presence of the two in the court was required for trial. The NAB later separated their cases in the accountability courts.
source: http://www.dictatorshipwatch.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5968
3.Mr. Zaradari’s PPP pay legislators in NWFP for the presidential vote?
Pakistan—The way the sanctity of the secret ballot for the Presidential Election was violated by the honorable members of the NWFP Provincial Assembly was, to say the least, a conduct highly unbecoming the ones calling themselves the legislators.
What was still more intriguing was that some of the honorable members of great political standing and known to be the stalwarts of high principles and the followers of Bacha Khan the great not only behaved so spitefully peevishly, throwing all caution and morals to the winds but also disgraced the political ethics and morality by such an open and blatant display of showing the ‘crosses’ marked by them on their ballot papers to the supervising PPP Ministers seated strategically at oblique wings at close quarters to the Booth No.1.
Why a certification was needed and for what consideration from such trusted ‘monitoring agents’?
The pathetic body language with the shame writ large over their faces and the general unsteady carriage of the honorable MPAs displayed their extremely agonizing helplessness, evoking great compassion for the poor souls from the TV viewers.
One was really amazed and astounded to witness such an unbelievable spectacle and earnestly wanted to know the compulsion(s) forcing the honorable members for behaving in such an undignified manner of denuding themselves of all self respect.
One hopes the ‘rewards’ were really worth selling their conscience so openly and that too on one of the most august floors that this nation can boast of.
Some honorable members on some sacred floor of some august house for strengthening some institutions for some democracy in Pakistan!
