Anti-corruption drive
Latif Taimur, On e-mail
I have been following the anti-corruption drive in Bangladesh as reported in the media with a certain degree of skepticism. The primary reason for my skepticism lies in the fact that the anti-corruption drive appears to be ignoring the corrupt established traditional moneyed families of Bangladesh. Ever since the creation of Pakistan, these families have been illegally looting the country's wealth in a massive way. They have developed a highly effective method of looting and plundering Bangladesh and they are responsible for massive net capital outflows. Most of these families maintain substantial bank accounts and other financial and real estate assets in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada and the Far East. Just as in Bangladesh, they avoid every means of not paying income taxes of their host countries and yet take full advantage of the healthcare and other socio-economic entitlements offered by these countries to their residents. In these countries they send their children to expensive private schools. For the anti-corruption drive to have sustainable success, the authorities must target the corrupt families.
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