The door was opened by a British servant named Terry, wearing striped trousers and dark settings – a sign of extraordinary professional insults from the hot Arab sun. The Mancant Costume does not change to match the set: The Emirates Hill Mansion in Dubai, arranged around a large yard with a fountain in its center; Luxury apartment in London South Kensington’s luxurious London; Raasta five bedroom cruise ship, 154 feet, art-deco interior is carved from Jati.
Take shelter in an art -studded lounge from all over the Middle and South Asia, the new wife of Imran Khan Glumly is waiting for a special meeting of women in front. “I moaned the prospect to spend my afternoon with more silicone dolls,” Reham Khan recalled.
Baby, they are very important, “Pakistan’s future prime minister was confusing. “Arif Naqvi funded 66% of my campaign in 2013 alone.”
Against the extradition to the United States, where he faced a 291-year sentence for financial fraud, Naqvi now found himself at the center of his role in financing the rise of Imran Khan Pakistan Tehreek-E-Inshaf (PTI). Explosive accusations have emerged that Naqvi made a payment of instructions from the former Lieutenant General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) General Ahmad Shuja Pasha.
The submission of law by the United States prosecutor accused Naqvi of falsifying documentation of covering up losses, and abused at least $ 400 million from investors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which was intended to finance health care for the poor in developing countries.
Generals and Imran
This story returned to the summer of 2008, when the government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani moved to force civil control over the content. That step, which is intended to deepen Détente with India and encourage content to act against the jihadists of unwored countries, backfire. Former Cia Bruce Riedel officer said that the contents damaged the offer of civil peace with the performance of 26/11. Following the United States attack which caused the murder of al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden, civil-military relations deteriorated further.
The generals need trustworthy political partners. With a platform looking for talks with the Taliban jihadist, greater Islamization and Hawkish’s position in Kashmir, Imran has the right ideological credentials.
Facing a developing question, Imran openly rejected the contents funding report in 2012. Evidence increased. The military, Frédéric Gre has observed, launched a bloodless coup to help him in December 2012, by facilitating mass protests against the government.
The 2013 Imran election offer failed – but the new government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also found that he was mired in a conflict with the army. The new protest led by Imran was paralyzing the government in 2014. Head of Lieutenant General of the new contents of Zaheer-Ul-Islam, Nawaz Sharif claimed, threatened to do a coup except the Prime Minister resigned to provide way for Imran,
Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar was appointed as the head of content in 2014, in an effort to calm the tension between the government and the army. However, through the general, caring for their unfinished business.
The empire behind Imran
Earlier this year, Naqvi had submitted a written statement to the Pakistani Election Commission who acknowledged that he collected $ 2.1 million for Imran in 2013 – only when the generals planned to increase. Election laws in Pakistan banned foreign donations to political parties, but Naqvi stressed that he collected money from Pakistani citizens. Wootton Cricket, a company registered in the Cayman Islands where the money was paid, only served “as a comfortable and traced fund aggregator.”
Last week, however, journalist and writer Simon Clark revealed that bank records showed that $ 1.3 million was paid to the Imran Party in March 2013 originating from Abraaj Naqvi’s investment management. Abraaj then donated the parent company through which the Karachi Electric Daya Catu company.
Another $ 2 million, the document shows, coming to Wootton from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Minister Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan.
Imran Khan has admitted to receiving funds from Naqvi, but said they were routine political contributions. There is no explanation why entrepreneurs and Sheikh make this investment in their political fate.
Last year, an investigation by Margot Gibbs and Malia Pulitzer revealed several key circles in Imran – including Minister Shaukat Tareen, Chaudhry Moonis Elahi and Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar – helping millions of dollars in trust and companies abroad. Tariq Shafi, the leading PTI donor, was found to have $ 215 million on an offshore account.
Meanwhile, General Pasha was appointed UAE advisor after retiring in 2012. From 2016, he began working as a consultant for Wak Group. The company, owned by Waqar politicians Ahmad Khan, is suspected of profit from the gas quota given without open offers. Wak was also detained by the British court to fail to pay loans to develop 1.5 Acre London property into a large house with 21 bedrooms, basement, swimming pool, cinema, sauna, and oranges.
Electric man
zducated at the Karachi grammar and London Economic School, Naqvi has used his education to escape from a poisonous environment where success depends on connections and corruption. In 1982, he married Fayeeza Chundrigar, a descendant of Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar, a tycoon who briefly served as Prime Minister of Pakistan for 55 days in 1957. After a successful career in several major banks, he moved to the UAE and founded Abraaj. At its peak, Abraaj holds a $ 13.6 billion asset on six continents.
Naqvis counts Hilary and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Bill Gates among their friends. They contributed to leading universities and prestigious charity bodies. Then, he bet a big building a swamp named Karachi Electric.
Since the 1950s, the Karachi electricity supply system was slowly destroyed. While consumers underestimate their bills, the government is lacking in investing in infrastructure. In 2005, the government offered Karachi Electric to Abraaj for Token $ 1. Finally, the Saudi-Kuwait consortium gained 71 percent of Karachi Electric shares.
The consortium immediately learned that it had made a mistake. In 2008-in the back of the Karachi blackout caused by industrial-NNAQVI action once again asked to take over. This time, he agreed. Friends in Washington helped, push through a $ 7.5 billion aid package which would help reform the electricity sector in Pakistan.
Farrukh Abbas, who is related through his wife with President Zardari, was hired to lead Abraaj in Pakistan. Privatization of President Karachi Electric, however, runs to the opposition from his own party. In 2011, Abraaj’s decision to fire 4,300 workers caused violence, which was allegedly incited by a strong ruling party politician.
Possibly, an unhappy experience with Zardari has something to do with Naqvi’s support for Imran.
Faced with unpaid bill mountains from government customers – and a large pile of debt to its own energy suppliers – Karachi Electric struggles. The solution emerged from President Xi Jinping. Shanghai Electric, one of China’s largest electricity company, entered with an $ 1.7 billion offer to take Karachi Electric from Naqvi’s hand.
In the summer of 2016, Simon Clark and Will Louch have written in an authoritative book about Abraaj’s story, Naqvi made a $ 20 million contract with an intermediary, to get the support of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Prime Minister, however, was forced out of the office by the Supreme Court’s decision in 2017, which made him guilty of corruption.
The end of a dream
Imran Khan finally came to power in 2018, installed in the office, Cendekiawan C. Christine Fair has recorded, facilitated by the army. Facing financial pressure because investment becomes bad, Naqvi needs Karachi’s electricity sales to be passed. The Director General of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Bashir Memon is blocking. Abraaj owed Pakistani Pakistani State Gas Company 87 billion. Responding to payment demands, Memon then said, Karachi Electric would threaten to cover the power to the city – and secure the suspension of punishment.
Imran ordered memon to close this case. The Head of FIA refused, leading to his unofficial transfer. Talks to sell Karachi Electric remain stuck, among the disputes about how much is owed by the Pakistani government, its debt scale and future power prices.
To help Naqvi, Imran also threw his weight behind the plan to create a sovereign wealth trust, Sarmaya-e-Pakistan, who would control the country’s public sector assets. Abraaj hopes for the main section in trust operations, where former employees have a key role.
Forensic examination Abraaj affairs canceled Imran’s efforts to save Naqvi. Naqvi was held at Heathrow Airport in early 2019. Like the Modi Nirav Fugitive Diamond trader, Naqvi struggled against extradition for mental health reasons. Both cases are likely to be decided together.
Although Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the alliance of the Pakistani-Nawaz Muslim league rulers and the Pakistani People’s Party had used Wahyu Naqvi to attack Imran, no criminal investigation was ordered. The Pakistani Election Commission believes that Imran Khan received prohibited funds, but his investigation did not touch their sources and motives. The grip of chronism in Pakistani politics is too deep – and the generals are too strong – for full truth to tell.