Corruption Rife In Pakistani Community - British Attorney General

[DailyMail]

None of this will surprise anyone aged above 11 years old from the United Kingdom, but it's always refreshing to hear it from one of the most senior members of the government.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10469448/Corruption-rife-in-the-Pakistani-community-says-minister.html

Corruption in parts of the Pakistani community is endemic and a growing problem that politicians have underestimated, the Governments chief legal adviser has said.

Dominic Grieve QC, the Attorney General, said ministers should wake up to the threat of corruption in public life, which he attributed to minority communities that operate a favour culture.

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Mr Grieve praised the integration of minorities into British life, and pointed out that corruption can also be found in the white Anglo-Saxon community. But he said that the growth of corruption was because we have minority communities in this country which come from backgrounds where corruption is endemic. It is something we as politicians have to wake to up to.

Mr Grieve said he was referring to mainly the Pakistani community but added that other minority communities had similar problems.

His remarks could affect Britains relations with Pakistan. In 2010 David Cameron refused to apologise after he accused the country of exporting terror.

Ministers are aware that high-profile stories involving child abuse, Islamist extremism, slavery and corruption in the Pakistani community are being used by far-Right agitators such as the English Defence League to stir sectarianism.

Mr Grieve, the MP for Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire, has a sizeable South Asian community in his constituency. I can see many of them have come because of the opportunities that they get. But they also come from societies where they have been brought up to believe you can only get certain things through a favour culture, he said. One of the things you have to make absolutely clear is that that is not the case and its not acceptable.

He said electoral corruption in particular had increased. He identified Slough, Berks, as an example of where abuses had occurred. In 2008 a Tory councillor, Eshaq Khan, was found guilty of fraud involving postal ballots. Earlier this year the Electoral Commission announced it was considering introducing ballot box identity checks in Tower Hamlets, east London, in an effort to stamp out electoral fraud in areas with large South Asian communities.

Asked if he was referring to the Pakistani community, Mr Grieve said: Yes, its mainly the Pakistani community, not the Indian community. I wouldnt draw it down to one. Id be wary of saying its just a Pakistani problem. He added: I happen to be very optimistic about the future of the UK. We have managed integration of minority communities better than most countries in Europe.

Tory ministers have avoided singling out particular communities over political corruption. However, in 2010, Baroness Warsi claimed the Tories lost three seats at the general election as a result of voter fraud within the Asian community.

[jaheen100]

Corruption is a major problem of every country but Pakistan is top on the list. But due to New Govt and Judiciary, corruption is going to fall. May after some time it will finished from the country.

[DailyMail]

Jaheen,

You've missed the point entirely. The British Attorney-General was refering to Pakistani's living and working in the United Kingdom - not in Pakistan.