Friday, 4 March 2022

Amnesty again!

Backtracking


Published in The News on March 05, 2022

This refers to the news report, ‘PM unveils yet another amnesty scheme’ (March 2). In 2016, Imran Khan told the nation that after assuming power, he would take action against all those who benefitted from the amnesty schemes declared by the previous governments. He claimed that amnesty schemes encouraged corruption, and that people were right to ask why thieves were rewarded while honest citizens were being heavily taxed. However, after forming the government, he launched two amnesty schemes. Now a third one has been announced. If the government really cares about people, it should go after smugglers, electricity and gas thieves and the land mafia, which has billions of black money invested in the real-estate sector.

Shakir Lakhani

Karachi

https://e.thenews.com.pk/detail?id=62772

ANOTHER AMNESTY


Published in Dawn on March 7, 2022

This is with reference to the news “Another ‘no questions asked’ package unveiled” (March 2). A party that specifically blamed amnesty schemes for encouraging corruption has launched one amnesty scheme after another in its three years in power. What is the difference between them and the rest? If the government really cares about the people, it should go after smugglers and mafias rather than giving them a way out.

Shakir Lakhani
 
Karachi
https://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=07_03_2022_007_010

https://www.dawn.com/news/1678710/another-amnesty

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