Mushastaid Hussain Quotes
We have even made businessmen return money that they have looted from the Exchequer in the past.
Mushastaid Hussain, Minister of Information, Pakistan, Explaining the steps his government was taking to eliminate corruption, Interview, BBC TV, Hard Talk, August 12, 1997
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