Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that truth of saying of French economist Frédéric Bastiat is reflected clearly in the way money launderers are treated and the way they behave with indignation when questioned. Prime Minister Imran Khan said this on Sunday through a tweet, while citing a quote of French economist that the money launderers behave with indignation when they are questioned.
The Prime Minister shared the saying of the renowned economist Fredric Bastiat, who said, "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorises it and a moral code that glorifies it."
The Prime Minster said that "the truth of this saying is reflected clearly in the way money launderers are treated and the way they behave with indignation when questioned,"
It is worth mentioning here that various opposition leaders, including former President Asif Ali Zardari, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family, former Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif and his family are currently facing the cases of money laundering.
Prime Minister Khan In a meeting with Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting on April 7 said that amnesty given to Sharif family by former President General Pervez Musharraf (retd) through National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) led to the rise in money laundering.
The Prime Minister had directed Fawad to use the media to create awareness among the masses regarding the harmful effects of money laundering on the national economy. He had also asked him to expose the culprits through the media.
Criticising former rulers of the country, the Prime Minister had said that they had looted the country's wealth and had buried it under piles of debt. "The former rulers will be held accountable for taking $60 billion in loans in the last 10 years," he had said.
The Prime Minister had also said that constitutional amendments would help curb the menace of money laundering and other similar crimes in the country, adding that in the past, corrupt rulers robbed the nation of its wealth and laundered that money abroad. The Prime Minister had also said that the chapter of money laundering would be closed.
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