In a successful but dubious journey from rags to riches, the
former dictator and now the self pro claimed messiah of the people of Pakistan,
General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, has become a billionaire.
There is no indication as to who funds him and how he became
fabulously rich but the retired general has accumulated billions in offshore
accounts besides the property that he has already purchased in foreign lands or
inside Pakistan.
Musharraf, who intends to return to Pakistan by the end of
this month after seeking the required guarantees from Washington and Riyadh,
has a lot of money to spend for his political campaign and his launching as
“the best option for Pakistan”.
A source, having a close association with the former
dictator, confided to The News that Musharraf has at least seven to ten offshore
accounts in Dubai and London containing huge cash in dollars, sterling pounds
and dirhams.
In his memoirs - In the Line of Fire - Musharraf admitted
that he had come from a really humble background where they did not have enough
money but now he pays at least half a million rupees as monthly salary to his
personal staff residing inside Pakistan.
According to the source, besides having foreign bank
accounts, Musharraf has also made huge saving investments abroad to earn large
profits. The source said that in just one Dubai based online trading service —
MMA — Musharraf had US$ 1,600,000 (Rs 145 million) last year. Musharraf’s
account number, according to the source in this company, is AV77777.
In the Union National Bank, which is an investment bank in
Abu Dhabi, Musharraf and his spouse Sehba Musharraf, have a joint account No
4002000304, in which the amount mid last year was almost UAE Dirhams 17,000,000
( Rs 391 million).
In the same bank- the Union National Bank- the same duo, Mr
and Mrs Musharaf have another joint account No 400200315, which is a dollar
account. This particular account last year contained US$ 535,325 (Rs 48
million).
In
yet another UAE Dirham account in the same financial institution — the Union
National Bank — Sehba and Musharraf had almost UAE Dirhams 7,600,000 (Rs 174
million) last year. The account No is 4003006700.