Originally Posted by bob_chasm

So how much are these plots worth? In the case of Musharaf, he joined the army in the 60s. In 1970s it was possible for military officers to buy a half acre parcel of land for building a house in Islamabad for around Rs. 28,000. Thats about US $600 (GBP 300). Today that property sells for between US $ 1.5-3.0 million (Rs 10-20 crore). So assuming that Musharaf legally acquired a five such properties under the plan, he would legally, be worth 7.5-15 million dollars today. Infact, not just Musharaf, but any General of the Pakistan Army. This is ofcourse legally acquired wealth and the reason why people from wealthy families in Pakistan joined the army. This was also a reason, why I think, senior army officers in the past were not tempted to take rishfat (bribes), because they knew they could make decent money at the end of their careers, legally, under a system created by the British, without embezzling money from contracts.