The joint parliamentary committee
for investigating foul play by Pakistanis disclosed by the Panama papers has
started its deliberations. There are already a number of draft TORs for the
proposed judicial commission on the table, prepared by apparently the best
brains in the country. However, I have a few humble submissions for the
consideration of the committee:
1. The order of investigation should from the most significant
person to the least significant.
2. The commission should indict and punish those whose crimes are
obvious and examine if other concerned persons are likely to have been involved
in fraud, perjury, money laundering, tax evasion, misrepresentation etc. and
accordingly instruct the relevant offices such as NAB, Election Commission, FIA
etc. to take necessary action which should be monitored and completed in a
short time.
3. If the investigations indicate a deceased person to having been
guilty of financial crime or misdemeanor, then his or her heirs should be asked
to reimburse any such funds or relinquish inherited property, local or foreign,
acquired by the deceased in unlawful manner or in defiance of national
interest.
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