Joseph Muscat’s links to Shaukat Ali – Kevin Cassar
“Was Shaukat Ali really your unofficial advisor, as he claimed,” Joseph Muscat was asked. Muscat’s cryptic answer: “I have no say about how people describe themselves. The list of my consultants was public…. Mr Ali was not on it; he had no office in Castille.” Who is Shaukat Ali? What links him to Muscat? Shaukat Ali was one of the signatories of the ‘lost then found’ secret memorandum of understanding signed with Labour’s government. It paved the way for three public hospitals to be handed over to Vitals, a brand new company with zero experience in healthcare. The secret meeting between the government and the Vitals gang, including Shaukat Ali, was set up by Keith Schembri. Times of Malta revealed that Shaukat Ali milked millions of euros from the hospitals’ concession. And not just him. His whole family was paid lavishly out of taxpayer’s money. His two sons, Asad and Wajid, his two wives and his daughter made millions. Steward paid Asad’s company Eurasia €1.2 million. Steward paid Asad another €450,000 for “consultancy”. Steward also paid his brother, Wajid, for “consultancy”. Steward paid Bluestone investments, the company behind Vitals, €21 million. Bluestone, in turn paid...