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Musharraf liquidated Islamabad farmland

Transparency International Global Corruption (TIGC) Report 2008 Wednesday revealed that President Pervez Musharraf has converted army-granted farmland worth US$690,000 in Islamabad into US$10.34 million of moveable assets. According to the TIGC Report 2008 analysis," the scale of the inroads made by the military into 'civilian' sectors of Pakistan's economy, including land, construction, property, manufacturing, fertilizers, agriculture, road building, trucking etc; and that full generals enjoy individual wealth in excess of US$8.3 million,"