Mr. Rich
From the Blog iabhopal *A real estate tycoon was in the headlines last year in Pakistan. His legendary rise from rags to riches in less than 15 years, by virtue of many things controversial, was also reported when Mediagate gripped the country. But hardly any rags-to-riches story is ever free of controversy.* While all the feudal lords in the country (many of them pirs) came to possess their mega-estates post-1857, the notorious ‘22 families’ have amassed phenomenal wealth and properties by employing the most foul means: tax evasion, thug violence, bribes, family connection, jobbery and what not. This is not Pakistan-specific. This is a universal rule. However, in the west plunder is institutionalised and sophisticated. In the post-colonial world, plunder is crude and berserk. Still, from cradle to gpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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