http://www.countercurrents.org/hussain120509.htmOne reason why so many people have joined various Taliban groups in the Swat Valley -- an area that is home to 1.3 million people with fertile land, orchards, vast plots of timber, and lucrative emerald mines -- is that the Taliban have successfully exploited the profound differences between wealthy landlords and their landless tenants. The Taliban seized
power from about 50 big landlords who ruled the Swat Valley Aphrodite, you seem to know very little about that area.,
Who are those 50 landlords?? who are the leaders of Taliban(Pakistani Taliban)?? and how is this related to pashtuns across the borders??
Land owners of Pakistan .. read the links
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1712917,00.htmlhttp://richpaki.tripod.com/richest.htm The army is the largest landowner in Pakistan. There is an army garrison every 15 km, and each large town has a "Defence Housing Society" where urban land in prize locations is allotted at throwaway prices.
Most retired army officers are similarly allotted agricultural land. The army also possesses the largest economic investment group, the largest construction network, the largest goods transport system, and the largest education network in the country. It is the largest stockholder in stock exchanges, the largest health-marketing group and operates the largest political network in Pakistan through agencies like the ISI and the MI.
Given all this, the army ensures that no taxation proposals or legislation can be passed that adversely affects these interests. It has a vested interest in seeing that no political party can challenge its hegemony within the country
Nawaz Sharif paid Rs 3000 only as income tax in 1993 but this does not make him a tax evader because there are scores of other rich people, Ahmad Dawood, Nasim Saigol, Rafiq Habib, Mian Mohammad Mansha, Adamjee and Bawanys who have legendary wealth but do not income tax proportionate to their presumed income and lifestyle. Yet no case has ever been registered against them, evidently because like Nawaz Sharif, they too are making use of the exemptions, allowances and loopholes in the prevailing tax system.
A list of Pakistan's RICHEST Individuals
(Rs in millions)
S.NO Name Wealth Wealth Tax
1 Kh. Mohammad Kaleem 2,843,13715 5,43,519
2 Kh. Mohammad Javed 2,585,29834 6,84,012
3 Shahbaz Sharif 1,274,85359 3,316,833
4 Afzal Raza Qazalbash 1,011,90203 446,533
5 Amir uddin Feersata 9,133,6473 2,263,412
6 Noor uddin Feersata 8,702,0121 2,170,503
7 Mohammad Saeed 8,616,2815 101,973
8 Mohammad Yusuf 6,818,0505 327
9 Nawaz Sharif 6,527,0369 1,627,385
10 Mohammad Munir Nawaz 5,771,6619 1,544,534
11 Ambar Saigol 5,714,6973 2,004,045
12 S Tahir Hassan 4,988,6910 1,225,610
13 Jafar Ali Feersata 4,678,1329 1,300,834
14 Amir Hassan 4,611,7850 1,251,690
15 Nasir Hassan 4,566,4741 1,218,955
16 Ghulam Mohammad Fecto 4,491,6815 4518
17 Khalil A Sattar 4,317,4734 1,091,285
18 Haroon Tayyab 4,221,7409 1,563,751
19 Mohammad Naeem 3,711,1788 926,960
20 Abass Sarfraz 3,370,6248 564,418
21 Hussain Nawaz Sharif 3,285,6813 786,568
22 Mian Mahboon Elahi 3,227,0122 1,054,541
23 Mohammad Ilyas 3,189,3547 1,005,158
Source: 1993 Wealth Tax Directory
You know who works in those lands?? there are 3 to 4 million people that are NOT Muslims that works with these landlords.. I can assure you that they don't create Suicide bomb factories..
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