Credit where credit is due. PMLN has done some impressive work in reviving the economy, however if only our votes had counted...

It is obvious now that you Dar and Co would talk like this as Zardari has just said some negative comments about Nawaz & Co.Ahhh.. Unfortunate Pakistan

Just a political stunt to avoid rising opposition voices.

isi leay pp shor macha rahi hai, just said in aslam baig interview few days ago. if pp join ik then nawaz will be thrown off. then a complete anarchy will start or complete revolution. let see

Why is he trying to fool Pakistani Nation? there is a great chance that the Govt he work for will not be there in August, and even if it is there does any one will take his point that it will take 3-4 years to bring the money back from Switzerland, people who have deposited it there will leave the money there for 3-4 years? I would call this an absurd & pointless statement.

Believe it at your own peril. No money is coming back ever. He, Dar will be still saying that when Nawaz Sharif will be prime minister the 4th and 5th time around. We have heard this before and hear it again.

Surely the first thing Dar should do is enact a law in Pakistan to facilitate the return of this money as suggested by the Swiss. Or is there a good reason he doesn't want to do this?

The present regime wants to get hold of, and consume, PPP's ill-gotten wealth which is mainly stocked in Swiss banks. PPP is likely to return the honours, when in power, by concentrating on the off shore bank accounts in the UK where Nawaz and his cronies stash most of their wealth. This is a tit for tat thing, driven by greed, to skim each other's fat: the man in the street gets nothing. He does not count. Suffer the poor country.

I think he's got a couple of zero's too many. Unless he has included the Sharrif dynasty and himself.

What about Dubai banks? Of late those are becoming popular with our new super rich.

After about 14 months of this govt., he is taking initiative, and given 3-4 years of time frame when their tenure will be over. Another tactic to tackle long march.

Keep dreaming.

Almost half of these $200 bn. can be returned to Pakistan within days if Sharif and Dar families themselves bring their assets back to the country.

I wonder why our politicians make such nonsensical and stupid statements

Too late money has already shifted from Swiss banks.

I urge all Pakistanis don't believe a word this guy says and research into everything he says. The Country was on verge of bankruptcy in 1999 when Nawaz brought it to its knees. Musharraf with expertise of Shaukat Aziz steered out of trouble and off the IMF program. Soon as democracy returned back we went to the IMF again and still there today so don't know what improvement this government thinks it has done.

Everytime, a new government comes in they use the same language that the country was on the brink of bankruptcy but their economic policies changed the situation. These guys live in an imaginary world but now people have had enough of their stupidity. People are dying of hunger, are commuting suicides, burning themselves alive, selling their children because they can't feed them yet our totally incompetent politicians always blow their own trumpet. Enough is enough!!!

$200 Billion???? Doesn't Mr. Ishaq Dar know that there isn't $200 Billion in all of Pakistan. No wonder Pakistan is such a mess when you have Finance Minister giving such irresponsible statements just for creating news. The man is a complete ignoramus.

Here comes another lollipop.

Only Imran Khan can bring back that money. Why would the current politicians bring back their own money?

Who are you trying to fool?

He should target all non-politicians. Targetting politicians will cause a ton of political problems. I hope he is being truthful. I may support PML-N but I am not naive. I still think focussing on increasing tax revenue and fixing loadshedding should be the Government's top priority.

Just 200 bn $.My understanding is that there are enough assets of Pakistani origin that can pay off all the debts and take care of the future generations for a while.

Mr Dar why only Swiss Banks, start with all Europe and start with Mr Nawaz and Shabaz Sharif and family. Straight away Pakistan will have $ 20 billion in its coffers. Then go for others.

This money is in the personal accounts of PML-(N) and their Mummuka partners. They don't need any "talks" to bring it back.

Cheap tactics of the government to stay in power

Typo there. Its likely $200 million not billion! Just like Mr. Dar had a typo in his budget speech regarding the GDP growth rate!

Very good work, Dar Sahib. $20 billion will go a very very long way in solving our financial problems. We should use it to pay off the humiliating IMF loans, increase defence and education spending but most important of all build Bhasha and Kalabagh dams without any further delay.

LOL, did it take you the same amount of time to get it out of this country???

Now that IS a lot of money. Does that mean Pakistan will become a rich country now?

Nothing will happen. He is just trying to fool the nation. Half of the money belong to his masters.

Rulers have to tell the people in plain and straight forward manner. 1. How this money was stolen from the People of Pakistan. 2. Is the Manner or Process of stealing from People of Pakistan is still in progress, and money is still being stolen and transferred into Foreign Bank Accounts, as usual. And who was doing it yesterday, and who is doing it today, as we speak. 3. People want to know about these Thieves, who stole the money from Pakistan. No body cares when you get it, or you will ever get it, or you may never get a penny from anyone. 4. Just tell us how thieves broke into Pakistan and how they stole the money and transferred it. 5. Where are these Thieves now, People will deal with them. 6. People do not need your explanation in the Parliaments of Corrupts, just give the Information and open your files to the Media and People will find out. Otherwise, people are getting close to your Entry Door, Wake up, they are on the March. .

I expect about $1 billion will be recovered in 5 years. India has around $1.6 trillion in black money in foreign bank. I believe India would, if lucky, recover $2 billion in the same 5 year period. Unfortunate but true. Do not dream for more.

I think dar does not know how much 200billion dollers is.

HAHA I'd like to see quarter of that back.

"In early 2012, Switzerland said it had returned $1.83 billion in illicitly-placed assets to countries involved in the Arab Spring regime changes, but Pakistan's current tax agreement does not allow it to take advantage of the law." Why? Why doesn't our curent tax agreement allow us to take advantage of the law to finally end all this corruption. I say we amend the law, bring all the money back and clear our country completely of debt.

@Shahpur Talk about expectations LoL ;)

Another stunt!

Your time is up..

Minister has generalized that all monies are placed via corrupt practices and that too in Pakistan... They will find it hard to convince the Swiss government as Pakistan would require its own courts to indict and later convict the account holders... we all know the state of our courts... just a gimmick to gain more kick backs...

CM Punjab had chest pains from the excitement of using this money for buying Metro Buses.

@Jamal This is not a stupid statement, it is a complete lie; to buy time & siphon more money under our noses.

I think this man is a complete lair. He along with his buddies are buying time to siphon as much money as the possibly can until they bring the Country to it's knees. Then they will move to another Country & live Happily ever after.

It made me laugh hahaha. This Dar guy is one of the theives. The sharifs he stolen money so how could he bring it back to Pakistan. Ishaq Dar can only laugh all the way to a branch of the world bank or IMF tripping over his expensive footwear to get loans and enslave us.

The people who have stashed money in Swiss banks can withdraw the funds from Swiss banks and move them away to other western banks while the government is negotiating with Swiss authorities for an agreement. There is no law which forbids these people to withdraw funds. After concluding the agreement, he may find that there is no money in the accounts to bring back. Why its going to take 3-4 years to conclude an agreement is beyond me? Are the people who deposited the money in Swiss banks stupid? The best approach for the government is to request the Swiss authorities to freeze these accounts while the agreement is being negotiated and before any public announcements to the media. According to Finance minister the stashed funds are close to $200B, if he is right, the government can payoff all its foreign obligations/loans and there will be enough left to start other development projects. I am not sure how he came up with figure which seems too high for a poor country like Pakistan. Did the little bird fly by his bedroom window in the morning and informed him the total stashed funds or did he had a dream in his afternoon naps? It seems to me that he is giving a warning to foreign depositors to withdraw the funds. Why the Finance minister (Mr. Dar) has to give all this information to the media? Whose side he is on? Is he trying to uplift the spirits of the poor/unemployed people of Pakistan by his grand schemes and bright future? Whatever the reason, he should work hard and conclude the agreement before his party's term is over.

Why would you do that Dar sb ..... After working so hard to get Sharif Brothers money out of Pakistan . Paying guest weren't you if i remember correctly

Stop fooling these uneducated masses by selling this idea that $200 billion will be recovered when you are almost crony to the looters!! The question is how much you have devoted to good education for all Pakistanis, good governance for all Pakistanis, safeguard of basic rights of Pakistanis of all background????

Mr. Dar...another $200 bn will leave the country...nowadays swiss is not considered a safe heaven for hiding illicit wealth...stop corruption at every level in the government and private sector...and you would have nobody but yourself to thank for this achievment...

Let the charity begin at home first. Let the so-called leaders of the hapless and helpless masses of 200 million people lead from the front and bring their wealth and assets back to the "land of the pure." Only then, the real revolution can spearhead. Till then, its all hollow talk and no solid and tangible action.

Get it back before the long march of PTI.

Non serious, Illogical and absurd. Look at the small size of Pakistan's economy and look at his tall claims. Or may be he wanted to say RUPEES 200 billion? Even that he will not recover in 70 years. You are Pakistan not USA.

revolution could be brought in two ways overthrow the gov or bring electoral reforms so tht honest people come into power and no businessmen....imran khan is taking the right steps these incompetent politicians(zardari and sharif brothers) only come to make money....its up to people of Pakistan to work for their betterment.

Dar sahib we have been hearing this for far too long...show me the money...bring the money and then talk......

1.83 billion dollars stashed away by leaders of oil rich arab countries.. But somehow 200 billion dollars stashed away by Pakistanis? This math must be flawed.

We don't want to listen to absurd talk. What Pakistan need is you guys pay your fare share of taxes.

PML-N has zero credibility. Looks like another political gimmick to deceive public and gain public support. Why do Sharif brothers not bring back their loot money first? We only believe in Imran Khan and Dr. Tahirul Qadri these days. They are our true leaders.

This proves that the Government is poor but the politicians are rich.

$200 BN - whose money was laundered ? No wonder the country is at the brink of financial disaster. Is Nawaz Sharif & Co is going to declare foreign banks account and bring the money back ? $200 BN , how did they accumulate in foreign banks ! Is there no law to punish them? It can't be Zardari alone.

@Sultan Alvi, Canada ...yeah right...well one (Imran Khan) is so ahead of his team that he leaves everyone in his team behind when making vital decisions...and the other (Tahir ul Qadri) is so far behind his team that no harm can come to him...one does not call this leadership...leadership is to lead by example and to lead from the front...

why should it take 3-4 four years? Under the circumstances, Pakistan should go to any length to get his in a few months if not days. BIG JOKERS ruling

@Ghumman It is no typo, purportedly Pakistanis hold $200 Billion in about a dozen Swiss banks.

It takes a day to get the money if there is will.

I can assure anyone that this minister is lying. I do know if law and order plus governance are improved, billions of dollars in foreign investment would flow into Pakistan. Many Pakistani people will bring their money from abroad and invest in Pakistan. Please stop chasing money moved out of the country. There is no way it can ever be brought back by force force or through legislation. Stop lying and do your job.

Who is Dar trying to kid?

What's the basis of his assumption that the US $200b deposits by Pakistanis in Swiss banks is all ill-gotten and how do they plan to prove it? This is a public stunt to gain popularity at a common man's level - any serious action in this regard will only get him and his fellow politicians including party leadership in trouble.

@Muslim@Politically motivated slogan.I don't think there is a will to act fast by PML-N team otherwise they would have formed a high level team to start working on modalities. Four years means,they will pack and go home placing this task into back burner.

"Good performance"? If you mean the generous donations from The Kingdom, then sure... No money is ever going to come back. This is just a political pressure stunt. Zardari is not stupid to leave the money there just lying around for the next 3 to 4 years.

DAR sahab if u manage to bring the money back we will give up democracy and proclaim u as king.

Nice joke from a joker.. Do you have guts to ask Nawaz to bring his money back which he has sent out of country,,,

USA has been in the forefront of clamping down on criminal Swiss banks using IRS regulations to force Switzerland to cough up the embezzled money taken overseas in violation of US laws. Pakistan should use the same tactics against Swiss banks to recover the embezzled money.

Anyone recall when the Swiss returned anything based on a few conversations? Anyone really believe that Pakistan has $200 Billion in money secreted away in Swiss banks? Anyone want to buy a bridge I have for sale?

What about re-counting or re-election on 4 Lahore NA seats? Come to the point now or you will be history. These Railway minister and NA Speaker had lost their seats to PTI infact. Everyone knows you are not sincere to bring back this money. You have a pact with Zardari, whereby you will at the most howl for this corruption but will let them go safely. And inturn PPP will not join the protest. Iy's high time now. Our rulers should also abstain from corruption and invest such moneys into people's betterment and progress...atleast educate them all.