The Danger Of Being A Whistle Blower In Pakistan

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, left, arrives with newly appointed army chief General Ashfaq Kayani for the change-of-command ceremony in Rawalpindi
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UK May Help Find Pakistani General’s Killers -- Times Online

The brother-in-law of VS Naipaul, the British novelist and Nobel laureate, was murdered last month after threatening to expose Pakistani army generals who had made deals with Taliban militants.

Major-General Faisal Alavi, a former head of Pakistan’s special forces, whose sister Nadira is Lady Naipaul, named two generals in a letter to the head of the army. He warned that he would “furnish all relevant proof”.

Aware that he was risking his life, he gave a copy to me and asked me to publish it if he was killed. Soon afterwards he told me that he had received no reply.

“It hasn’t worked,” he said. “They’ll shoot me.”

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My Comment: This is as clear as it can get on how high the corruption exists in the Pakistani Army.