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KARACHI: Former federal minister and chairman of the provincial Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Asim Hussain was reportedly detained by plain-clothed men allegedly belonging to an intelligence agency Wednesday.
HEC sources told Dawn that some 15 plain-clothed personnel arrived at the HEC office in three to four vehicles around noon today.
Dr Asim Hussain was chairing a meeting of the search committee for vice chancellors which was also attended by other high-ranking officials of the HEC. The meeting's objective was to select a new vice chancellor of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) and it was taking place at the Karachi office of the HEC when the raid took place.
Personnel of the raiding team asked the attendees of the meeting to switch off their mobile phones following which the Sindh HEC chairman was whisked away to an undisclosed location.
DawnNews quoted NAB sources as saying that the former adviser to the Ministry of Petroleum was in the custody of the anti-corruption watchdog and that he might be shifted to Islamabad in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
The sources added that NAB officials also conducted a raid on Karachi's Civic Centre to seize records of the properties owned by Dr Asim Hussain.
Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, talking to media personnel, condemned the reported detention of Dr Asim Hussain and said such measures could result in a disastrous outcome.
Responding to rumours, a spokesperson of the National Accountability Bureau Karachi had earlier said Dr Asim Hussain had not been detained by personnel from the anti-corruption watchdog.
Dr Asim is regarded as a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari. He was appointed federal petroleum minister during the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in 2008 and is currently serving as head of the HEC’s Sindh chapter.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:25pm
Don't just detained them. Punish them
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Aug 26, 2015 03:26pm
yes yes outcome could be dangerous, democracy is in danger now
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Aug 26, 2015 03:27pm
Stop hurling threats Sir.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:29pm
lol...thousands getting arrested weekly in Karachi......getting released after paying bribes to honest officers..........he never mind.
this one he minds.......what the????
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Aug 26, 2015 03:32pm
So Mr. Khursheed Shah believes that only poor or common man cannot break the law or must be investigated as they are Children of lesser God. Do we have a separate law for the ruling/corrupt class. Democracy does not mean lawlessness. Please keep them separate sir.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:32pm
This appears highly suspect.......because if no accountability is done and no punishment given ( most likely he too will be sent abroad to enjoy life ) .......it amounts to ' playing to the gallery '
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Aug 26, 2015 03:35pm
enough punishment for karaachite.....time to punish...interior Sindh and Punjab big fishes...... why we cant put our hands to catch big fishes....why only middle and lower middle class.....rather TAX PAYER........only.....catch those also live and spend millions and pay no tax and ruling the country....
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Aug 26, 2015 03:35pm
Arrest all big fish. Only yesterday CAOS has hinted at to break the evil nexus between terrorism, criminal mafias, violence and corruption to ensure a peaceful and terror-free Karachi, and Pakistan. Each Pakistani support this effort.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:36pm
"outcome of such measures could be dangerous"
Yea yea we have heard this nonsense before and continue to do so on daily basis. Whenever one of your own corrupt gets arrested, you shout "jamhooriat ko khatra hai". Well Mr. Khurshid Shah, we don't give a damn what you and your cronies in all parties think about "jamhooriat". Take this guy and all the other corrupts and lock them up for good and confiscate whatever they have massed up illegally.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:37pm
The man behind the mess created in medical education through PMDC
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Aug 26, 2015 03:38pm
No one is holycow.
Arrest everyone who is involved.
Why this condemnation??
Strange nation. Hence this current state.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:39pm
good news of the day
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Aug 26, 2015 03:40pm
excellent, zero tolerance on corruption
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Aug 26, 2015 03:42pm
From being Zardari's physician to a billionaire, the life of this man could form the theme of a movie.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:42pm
why outcome of catching suspected corrupted or criminals will be dangerous?
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Aug 26, 2015 03:45pm
I am delighted "at last" such people who were always considered the front runners and had their names involved in all major deals connected with with corruption are being detained and investigated. As a medical doctor he was PPP Minister for Petroleum ... I wonder what expertise he carried except the trust of the PPP rulers to milk money out of government oil deals. Sahibzada Jahangir, Senior Advisor to Chairman PTI on Europe.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:48pm
Right direction !
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Aug 26, 2015 03:53pm
@lafanga . Well written . Good job totally true
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Aug 26, 2015 03:54pm
Way to go !
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Aug 26, 2015 03:54pm
He is the front man of Zardari. Of the many front man he was one of the most powerful. Raheel new anti-terror and anti-corruption doctrine is working here. Catch'em all. We all support this operation clean up.
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Aug 26, 2015 03:54pm
Now that the axe has fallen on the other foot, lets see how PPP reacts to the Karachi operation which it has been gleefully declaring so far as free, fair and non partisan!!!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:01pm
Good move, take it to the end! This ortho doctor was made petroleum minister where he squandered billions, also installed as PMDC chairman where he allowed micky mouse colleges for educating doctors below par, making Pakistan Medical Education at risk of not being recognised. Anyone who can bribe him, can get a medical college started!
Now he is chairing HEC, how this stooge of Zardari will end his corrupt practices to feed himself and boss.
Get them, convict them, confiscate all proceed of crime!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:01pm
who is khurshid shah??? somebody from interior Sindh........why he has to oppose....on somebody's corruption....is he part of the nexus........?? must be arrest him and ask why are you worried about this men's arrest?
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Aug 26, 2015 04:01pm
he is one of th kingpins of former presidents inner cirle , must be the connection
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Aug 26, 2015 04:01pm
@lafanga, Do you mean including the big boss Zardari?
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Aug 26, 2015 04:02pm
we are proud of our security agencies, all politicians have clearly revealed what is their potential and worth to give to a nation. This nation has suffered enough.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:13pm
No wonder Zardari together with his family has run away. What MQM has to say on this? Don't bail out these corrupt and send them behind bars for long time and ensure that they bring back their looted wealth back to Pakistan from Dubai, UK and other countries
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Aug 26, 2015 04:13pm
PPP should now welcome such actions like they have been doing previously for MQM
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Aug 26, 2015 04:15pm
@homieSS This person is not lower middle class or middle class. He is in a class by itself - super rich class, and the riches made illegally. Get your facts right and get out of this victim syndrome of Karachites bashing. I am Urdu speaking and a resident of Karachi for all my life and I am very happy that at least all these crooks and murderers are being apprehended and some semblance of peace and security is being established in our city. You and your party and your associates have destroyed this beautiful city.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:16pm
Handover to the military court
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Aug 26, 2015 04:17pm
Step in the right direction and should continue till the conclusion
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Aug 26, 2015 04:18pm
Big fish or small fish. Arrest with proper credentials, and arrest in uniform. This culture of plain clothes men whisking away folks should end. If they have to be in plain clothes, then their ID should be displaying properly.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:18pm
He was the right hand for Asif Zardari. Established Ziauddin Hopsital in Karachi to loot money from the poor, then he established Ziauddin University on a land in Clifton gifted to him by Zardari. His corruption is well known at both his hospitals and also when he led the PMDC. Then he became the Minister for Petroleum. Now in HEC. This guy's son is sitting in the UK and studying medicine there. Asif Zardari styaed as a prisoner in Ziauddin Hospital under his care for 2 years at Clifton when I was a medical student there. His corruption history is so long that I will not have enough space to jot it all down here. Now the latest thing he has done is that he has established a private hospital in Dubai by the name of Zia Medical Centre. I just cannot imagine that this guy has been roaming freely. Enough now, throw him behind bars!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:18pm
@Kamal Pasha Yes Zardari should be on top of the list followed by anyone in any political party or military for that matter. If Pakistan needs to move forward, corruption must end or reduced so much that it has no bearing on common man.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:24pm
"Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah, talking to media personnel, condemned the reported detention of Dr Asim Hussain and said such measures could result in a disastrous outcome."
Mr. Shah, for your info, the arrest of corrupt will not have disastrous outcome, but not arresting the corrupt will DEFINITELY have disastrous outcome for the country.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:30pm
I can not be prouder of our army chief. He is really reigning in bringing in all those corrupt officials. Rest assured, our army is not corrupt or does not hold personal grudges. Such drastic actions are not taken without any basis. Close friend of Zardari and ex petroleum minister. What any one can expect.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:32pm
What goes around, comes around!!!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:35pm
A doctor by profession, yet he was petroleum advisor to PPP govt & now Chairman of Provincial HEC is also not his cup of tea, but this is Pakistan, even a don key can be made an advisor , minister or special assistance etc; anything & everything is possible in Pakistan, but unfortunately, it is we the literate class who is to be blamed not the illiterate class, what do they know who is who ? these poor people get Rs 5000 to vote & they do. Unless, there is proper education & these rural poor people get enlightened, we cannot change the present feudal mindset or the system. And the present lot of politicians will never push for " educating the people ", though as per constitution it has to provided FREE.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:35pm
What a pity, his grandfather is a legendary figure who served people!
And this dude, served his corrupt to the bone friend and looted and plundered national resources!
These dudes need to be held accountable for their mega corruption and must be punished!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:36pm
Hope all the corrupt who made misuse of powers, would be put behind bars. We want to see the same actions across the country without limiting them to Sindh, otherwise, it will give rise to suspicion and false impressions.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:38pm
@usman yeah sure is.. whenever someone who plunders and sells the country is arrested or detained, right then the so called "democracy" comes under threat.. hope they recover each and every penny from this lootera! by using "any" means possible..
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Aug 26, 2015 04:41pm
Good Work!!!! He's a BIG fish !!!!
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Aug 26, 2015 04:44pm
Bravo ! zero tolerance for corruption. also investigate IHC Commission findings on the PMDC hijacking and plunder in cahoots with the private medical colleges mafia
The rot is endless
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Aug 26, 2015 04:46pm
Respected Gen Raheel Sharif, please order cleaning of all mess, they should be made accountable for their ill deeds, across the board.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:51pm
@usman What democracy. I have seen my hole life nothing but a big Zero. What just happened is hope
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Aug 26, 2015 04:51pm
What about Metro mega corruption and sugar mills in Punjab.Please don't restrict to Sindh, please catch big fishes,confiscate their illegal assets and punish them and even if he is a pati bund bhai.Please no to Safarish.If corrupt,then please don't spare in any case.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:53pm
This is getting crazy..!.love you my agencies..i think mr Asif should be packing his bags by now
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Aug 26, 2015 04:54pm
All these are only preparation for dealing with politicians. Boots are on their way to power.
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Aug 26, 2015 04:55pm
Phase 2...
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Aug 26, 2015 05:00pm
Khursheed sb you are in pain when corrupt persons are detained. this world is mortal man, u have to answer ur creator. Fear!
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Aug 26, 2015 05:01pm
There were widespread rumors that he was wheeling and dealing for multiple appointments within HEC
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Aug 26, 2015 05:05pm
Today is beginning of Naya Pakistan. First the news of Election trubunal decision of deseating Siddique Baloch and now the arrest of Dr. Asim, front man of Asif Zardari, owner of Ziauddin Hospital and formar petroliam minister and became billionaire during Zardari era
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Aug 26, 2015 05:15pm
We need more of that. All the big fish who have plundered my homeland should be arrested and dealt with brutally so that their next generations do not dare to treat my country and my poor people like that. I am sure that voices will be raised again to protect the democracy and all the like minded political parties will get together to protest this although everybody in the land of pure knows very well about the people who have made the money.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:15pm
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Yousif Raza Ghallani should get ready now for their turn very soon. One at a time. First MQM, then PPP and ANP, and then ?????
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Aug 26, 2015 05:17pm
Big boss in trouble! Big trouble. Please confiscate all the proceeds of corruption
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Aug 26, 2015 05:24pm
@homieSS so which class does dr asim belong to....lower or middle lower?
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Aug 26, 2015 05:26pm
@Jalbani Baloch - In the business of corruption, the Province of Sindh was (is) the capital of Pakistan. And trust the decent General Shareef, once the capital is cleaned the rest of the country will be cleaned, InshAllah. Punjab is not that far off.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:29pm
Don't worry you will be the next along with your predecessor.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:29pm
The end is near!
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Aug 26, 2015 05:32pm
So after MQM, now PPP under the spot light. Good. So many good things happening in Pakistan , can't believe it.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:33pm
About time as well that we started cleaning the country of weeds that prevent our country from prospering
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Aug 26, 2015 05:37pm
I am sure there was some corruption involved that is why he was detained.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:40pm
@kanwarch - Agree with all you have said. Who ever raises the slogan of democracy in danger should be the first one to be hanged. Democracy is in no danger. However the corrupt politicians and their cohorts are in danger.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:41pm
@imran - Why we are sparing Khursheed Shah? The first voice who protested the arrest of a corrupt person.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:42pm
Why Mr Khurshid shah becomes deaf / dumb when it comes to common man issues. There is so much misery in Sindh as compared to Punjab. Why he suddenly wake up from slumber when any PPP member get a pinch. It is clear that he is not fit to lead as Leader of opposition.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:43pm
I also study in his university named zia-u-din university of bio-medical engineering located in karachi .Should we be worried too??i am scared now
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Aug 26, 2015 05:45pm
Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah... condemned the reported detention of Dr Asim Hussain and said such measures could result in a disastrous outcome... (for Asif Ali Zardari and his aides )...
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Aug 26, 2015 05:48pm
I hope he gets due punishment for his deeds.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:49pm
@Qamar - of course he would make such statement. He is just part of the corrupt group himself and knows that he is somewhere next inline. He had to raise his voice to save his ill gotten fortune.
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Aug 26, 2015 05:49pm
Why should Khursheed Shah condemn arrest of a criminal?
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Aug 26, 2015 05:52pm
@Ghazanfar - Great information.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:14pm
Let's face those disastrous results once and for all.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:16pm
Punish the looters mercilessly and bring back their looted wealth to Pakistan. After all, its the tax payers money.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:20pm
@tahir
"The man behind the mess created in medical education through PMDC"
most people do not even know about this side of this AZ front man, where the unit used was 'crore', and forced so many and the ones who resisted - like Shifa College of Medicine - they has had hard times.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:21pm
Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Shah will now start shouting that the country's existence will be in danger.
Sir, do you think that the public is so innocent that it will be misled by your claim. It cannot forget what your party did to the country during five years and to Sindh in seven years of its rule.
If Dr. Asim's arrest is the beginning of taking the corrupt to task, rest assured that it will be the beginning of the end of rule by the corrupt.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:22pm
@silence Not only punish them, they deserve capital punishment.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:24pm
@Manzoor
I hope more and more karachiites like you and me speak out.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:25pm
If I go to a university campus I don't bring armed gunmen with me.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:25pm
Why Mr. Khursheed Shah is backing an operation by a National security agency???This is the Mafia of Politicians who is supporting the criminals in the country.
If Dr. Asim Hussain is innocence, he is smart enough to defend himself, in the Justice system. Why Khursheed Shah is speaking on his behalf??? For God sake this has to stop.
Mr. Shah is an elected member and represents the People who are the real power, in a democracy, which he believes upon. Being a parlimentarian does not grant anyone power to support the criminals and oppose an action by federal agency.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:27pm
Thats the move !
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Aug 26, 2015 06:32pm
Perhaps now is the time for Khursheed Shah & Qaim Ali Shah to support the Monitoring Committee!
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Aug 26, 2015 06:33pm
very good. catch more big fish..
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Aug 26, 2015 06:33pm
First recover billions of rupees from these corrupt monsters then hang them in public... So that epidemic of corruption end in pakistan...
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Aug 26, 2015 06:34pm
This is the famous Hadi Wala Doctor. Now the middle order fish are being on the target list. Top order culpripts should be the next.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:36pm
COAS seems determined to punish all criminals. Shah sb is afraid because he might be on the list
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Aug 26, 2015 06:44pm
Why Not Same Operation Against Nawaz Sahrif or in PUNJAB?
Why SIndh Always Had to Pay Price?
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Aug 26, 2015 06:44pm
@Khursheed Shah: Why his arrest would be disastrous? People with public portfolios should be accountable, even if they are clean. Although, I doubt if any of Zardari's friends or family members involved in politics are free of corruption. They have looted millions or may be billions in their past tenures and most probably continue to do so. I hope you will come under NAB's investigation radar sooner than later.
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Aug 26, 2015 06:52pm
Well done people of pakistan plz punish them and make a example out of them...we want our nation to move forward for us and for the new generation to come...we want the whole world to know we are the best nation in the whole world....
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Aug 26, 2015 06:53pm
The next in line is PMLN whose ministers hurl accusations on judiciary and protect terrorists in Punjab
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Aug 26, 2015 06:54pm
good job
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Aug 26, 2015 06:55pm
I have experience to work in HEC Sindh and HEC Pak after Altt ur Rehman (ex HEC chief Pak) and this man are doing favortism , As a social interaction in SIndh favoritism is widely current in political famlies and friend not only in Karachi but also elsewhere in Pak. Interestingly, Universties poor performance in Pak can reveal that favoritism is confused with reciprocity, altruism andother benevolent behaviors creating many ethical dilemmas and problems in campus and as result a growing poverty . As these campuses are producing low level brains . Pak is poor because favoritist/nepotism interactions do not necessarily involves aneconomically valuable and tangible returns. Just sharing a similar background and being in friendship or kinship with someone suffices to encourage people to ask favors .
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Aug 26, 2015 06:59pm
Take his passport away and get the Big fish as well. Please don't stop here!
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Aug 26, 2015 06:59pm
It is funny statement by the opposition leader, unacceptable and unreasonable. We are happy that peace is coming back to the country for the common people, such political figures are always protected by hefty security arrangements, therefore, they do not know the importance of brining peace to the nation.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:01pm
From a physician to senator, petroleum minister and head of provincial higher edication commission.... Certianly an interesting career path!
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Aug 26, 2015 07:03pm
@Chandio
"Why Sindh has to always pay the price?" Price of what? If the answer is corruption, then be assured that every one involved in corruption will have to pay the price - be he from KPK, Punjab, Balochistan or Sindh. Please don't be parochial.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:11pm
I failed to understand why is he supporting this corrupt man who is been arrested by the LEA. It seems he is also part of this corrupt mafia. I think he should also be investigated about the assets he owns.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:18pm
Pakistan’s powerful military is seeking to strengthen its grip on the country’s largest and wealthiest city ..why targeting only one city and people belonging to one community.What about Punjab? Is Punjab is free from corruption?
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Aug 26, 2015 07:20pm
Please start same type of operation in Punjab otherwise wrong message will go to the public. And these type of people will exploit this situation. Now everybody is happy because everybody knows that how Dr. Asim became millionaire. Few years back he has only one hospital. There are so many big fish are in Punjab and now they are millionaire /billionaire within few years.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:23pm
@usman do you want democracy or a country.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:26pm
Not a surprise as he's a 'close aide' of Zardari. Finally seeing justice prevailing hopefully!
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Aug 26, 2015 07:27pm
At last v have some 1 whose sayings are closely followed by immediate actions...thank u COAS sahb....u r an apolitical personality so no body can dare to oppose your actions.v need a clean pak from terrorism,corruptions and other mafias.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:27pm
Raheel Sharif zindabad
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Aug 26, 2015 07:28pm
Why there are no arrests of corrupts in other parts of Pakistan? There is Mian Mansha, and former Fed bureaucrats, and politicians living in other big cities are roaming free. They know they have connections and feel safe, I don't like opposition leaders statement, but the fact that all operations are carried out in Karachi and Sindh only will lead to disastrous consequences.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:33pm
if found guilty - punish them to the Maximum limits. I wish if Corruption could be punished by DEATH if exceed 2 million rs (for example).
If this is done (and we continue to hang the culprits the way we are doing) - i am sure you will huge decrease in it.
Best of luck to those who are working to make our city clean of these black moles
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Aug 26, 2015 07:33pm
Raheel Shareef is going in right direction. Many stories will be unfolded now.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:41pm
Rumor has it that something is going to happen in September.
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Aug 26, 2015 07:44pm
Clamp down hard on the looters
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Aug 26, 2015 07:49pm
Way to go, Gen. Raheel Sharif! Bravo! Catch all the crooks.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:02pm
Similar arrest should be made in Punjab, esp. those who made corruption in Punjab government under current CM
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Aug 26, 2015 08:05pm
I hope this army chief stays for another 20 years and Pakistan will become Asian tiger. Way to go sir. Salute to you and the LEAs.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:08pm
Khurais shah should be the next to be detained . How he got the resources to build five star hotels next to convention center, islamabad. Must be billions of dollars.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:09pm
Dr Asim Plz Join #PTI and get Clean Chit from Imran Khan...
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Aug 26, 2015 08:10pm
Disastrous consequences for being arrested on corruption charges. Thats intersting.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:14pm
Khurshid shah!!.. You are next in line. Get ready..
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Aug 26, 2015 08:15pm
There are also other people in the HEC who said to be political appointees and are also involved in a money scheme along with this guy
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Aug 26, 2015 08:19pm
@Ghazanfar If we get the list Pakistanis who bought expensive properties with looted money it would be easy to arrest them.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:21pm
@homieSS Punjabis time will come when PPP comes to power in the next innings of the political circus :)
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Aug 26, 2015 08:22pm
If he is clean, there is no cause for concern but otherwise, the law should take its due course. We have to nab the big-fish' first.
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Aug 26, 2015 08:45pm
Thank you NAB and supporting forces. Please do not stop eliminating corruption in Pakistan. May be this is decisive time in Pakistan and Gen. Raheel Sharif is the hero of the nation who would continue taking stern actions and stand in front of malicious and nefarious characters of the society. We are all with you Pak Army.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:23pm
@Veqar
In a modern society and in a democratic country, if a person is corrupt, she/he is properly investigated by the police (NOT by the Intelligence Arm of the Military) and then tried in the civil court.
Pakistan, unfortunately, is the epicentre of World terrorism, ruled by its military junta (the democratically elected government is under the thumb of the COAS). The military is trained to fight external enemies, and generally terrorizes its citizens into submission. This is rather unfortunate.
In order to revert to a respectful status, Pakistanis must defeat their own military and take back their country from the proxy or otherwise military dictators. Military is the wrong instrument to use for internal law and order.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:24pm
@ali
Syed Khurshid Shah is under pressure from his boss to raise hue and cry against the arrest of Dr.Asim Hussain, who will now spill the beans. For obvious reasons, Mr. Khurshid Shah's boss cannot speak in support of Dr. Asim.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:34pm
Is anyone in this country free from corruption? Is this the country Jinnah and Iqbal worked for?
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Aug 26, 2015 09:36pm
Another fact is, when he was a petroleum minister under PPP, he siphoned off millions of dollars with Zardari's help. Zardari was getting the share of siphoned off millions of dollar. These siphoned off funds belonged to pakistan's national treasury
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Aug 26, 2015 09:38pm
@Akhtar Ali Khan ..."in a modern society...."
Yes, you are right. .once we reach that status, then you can talk about democracy. In the current prevailing circumstances, democracy is just a tool used by politicians to fill up their pockets. That is unfortunate. .
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Aug 26, 2015 09:40pm
Great job Rangers/ Army, continue going after the corrupt and criminal outfits
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Aug 26, 2015 09:43pm
People are more interested in recovery of looted money and harsh punishment. Lets see how sincere are those who nabbed him.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:51pm
@Akhtar Ali Khan
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. We can't keep on clinging to the system that is posing an existential threat to the state, more so when the democratically elected set up has failed time and again to deliver what is legally, morally and politically its duty.
Please do not compare the democracy as practiced in the west with the sham democracy that we have had the misfortune to suffer so far. Does it not speak volumes about our democratically elected governments when the populace starts looking up to the military leadership as its savior.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:51pm
Excellent job.
Keep him detained in oven till he get final verdict from the military court.
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Aug 26, 2015 09:58pm
@pervaiz iqbal Very well said, Pervaiz
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Aug 26, 2015 10:12pm
Khursheed Sahib, you should not use threatening tone on the detention of Mr.Asim. If he is clean, no harm, if guilty then you should endorse punishment to anyone who has committed unlawful acts.
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Aug 26, 2015 10:18pm
Army and nawaz is getting rid of all opponents in the name of "fight against terrorism "
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Aug 26, 2015 10:32pm
This "surgical operation" must be carried out across the board...with ZERO tolerance...anyone found guilty must be awarded rigorous imprisonment...!!
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Aug 26, 2015 10:45pm
Another corrupt official bites the dust. Good job.
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Aug 26, 2015 10:57pm
What are the real reasons for his arrest? There is no statement from the government it does not seem corruption related.
Hope it is not harbouring terrorists or spying for foreign powers.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:03pm
NAB must probe 'Sasti Roti' scheme in Punjab. According to Dost Muhammad Khosa (former PML-N caretaker CM) has been stated on the Punjab Assembly floor that there was Rs. 7 Billion corruption found out in the scheme...so, it must be probed as well...!!
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Aug 26, 2015 11:05pm
"such measures could result in a disastrous outcome"
For the corrupt, but hope they get their assets taken away, and put on the street.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:37pm
It seems funny that the democracy in Pakistan gone limited to a few names from elite class and whenever, the interested of these big shots are challenged, the democracy is cried to be in peril.
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Aug 26, 2015 11:56pm
Hunting down the elephants should be the job of LeAs and not harrassing the poor public and people collecting hides and donations !
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Aug 27, 2015 12:07am
Is this the way to run a country?.......This is sheer madness....I have no love for Dr. Asim, maybe he is corrupt....But this style of governance ????? Is this the way to law and order??? I am completely dismayed......Was Pakistan created for this that agency people arrest people in Rambo style.......
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Aug 27, 2015 12:20am
HEC is after scholars that have allegedy absconded (because they could not find jobs in Pakistan) after rightfully winning scholarships and doing all the hard work for their degrees. While in their own backyard and highest office such corruption is taking place. Shame!!
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Aug 27, 2015 12:37am
Hahah, how do you like the taste of justice?
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Aug 27, 2015 12:59am
@Ali Khan Time is coming fast and you will see PMLN people will start moving abroad with their wealth. Time is running out for khawajas, Ranas and others. Next in line Gilanis, Raja rental, Hanif Abbasi etc. Good job Pak Army
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Aug 27, 2015 01:44am
They deserve punishment.
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Aug 27, 2015 02:18am
Arresting any citizen with out any legal proceeding is not favourable. If agencies have proves of any wrong doing then law must take it's due course.
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Aug 27, 2015 03:16am
Criminals will have to pay.Try him in military court .
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Aug 27, 2015 03:17am
Well Done Ranger. No one should be above the law. If Dr H is innocent he will go free.
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Aug 27, 2015 04:05am
From where Dr Asim got billions in last few years. He allowed,by cash, private mushroom medical colleges which are now producing dispensers--not doctors. Where a common person will go??
Mubashar Luqman in his programme revealed that Khurshid Shah,MNA and opposition leader, appointed as tel operator and the meter reader in WAPDA sukkur. From where he got billions???If digged oil well in his home?????.
In 1980 how many parliamentarians had motor cycles and now without any business have billions and costly cars????
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Aug 27, 2015 04:07am
These psudo PhDs are all corrupt.
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Aug 27, 2015 04:41am
Great.. If he is associated with Zardari then I am all for it, now let's get Zardai and make him pay for it!! Really.. Can this happen?
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Aug 27, 2015 05:47am
Would leader of opposition show any clause of constititution which allows elected represented t violate rules and do corruption
Shah Sb may welcome such steps
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Aug 27, 2015 05:50am
Shah Sb is very right, yes it will be disastrous for corrupt , but we may remind him that good for country
Country is supreme
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Aug 27, 2015 06:42am
What a shame ! The grandson of Sir Ziauddin Ahmed is a corrupt politician and a thief .
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Aug 27, 2015 07:20am
After MQM , now it's PPP's turn, inshallah, next raid will be JUI-F, ANP & PML-N. All corrupt politician will pay heavy price for their criminal activities and return looted money. This is only way to root out criminals politician from ALL political parties once for all.
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Aug 27, 2015 08:16am
Why these were spared due punishment, just because they are part of powerful group?
http://www.dawn.com/news/1198561
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Aug 27, 2015 09:33am
he may be one of many many thousands confidants of corrupt rulers since long time having looted billions and billions each, ultimately plunging the country and the non-privileged majority of the ill-fated nation into so deeper quagmire of ignomy and sufferings with no point of return back. They have not done lesser damage than the terrorists and should be tried with their Alibabas accordingly.
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Aug 27, 2015 11:13am
Unless the influential involved in corruption are tried and punished nothing would ever change. This is a good and positive step towards betterment of our society.
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Aug 27, 2015 04:56pm
you know why he is arrested.. and Yousuf Raza Gilani and Makhdoom Amin Fahim not... because he is not son of soil (an urdu speaker) Gilani a punjabi and Amin Fahim sindhi... how can someone touch them
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Aug 28, 2015 02:39pm
Khursheed shah is worried about his own future!! Time to repay the national assets!!
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Aug 28, 2015 02:45pm
@pervaiz iqbal yes what price???
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