Observer Report
Islamabad
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday released a detailed report on the financial assets of National Assembly members, including Prime Minister Imran Khan.
According to the report, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s assets stand at Rs80.6 million. The prime minister owns 10 immovable properties in Pakistan, while he has inherited a seven-kanal house in Zaman Park, Lahore, which is valued at Rs40.53 million.
The prime minister, as per the report, received a 300-kanal house in Bani Gala as a gift. Additional construction-related costs of the house cost him another Rs10.14 million. The document also provided details of his other assets, including a six-kanal plot in Mohra Noori worth Rs0.5 million, and five inherited plots in Mianwali, Bhakkar, Sheikhupura, and Khanewal.
The assets’ report further noted that PM Imran has paid Rs10.19 million to buy two apartments at Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad. He has four goats worth Rs200,000 in total, and Rs50.66 million in a Pakistani bank account. The PM also has Rs10.99 million in cash.
Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi owns four properties in the country, including Pakpattan, Okara and Bani Gala. PM Khan has also sold one of his properties in Ferozewala, Sheikhupura for Rs70 million.
The report also stated that the premier does not have any offshore businesses or properties. He, however, has four foreign-currency bank accounts. One of his accounts has £518, another one contains $328,760, while the third account has $1,470. He has no money in his euro account.
He has also taken advance worth Rs70 million against 80-kanal land in Ferozwala.
Apart from this, the ECP has also released the asset details of federal ministers, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other opposition lawmakers.
The document stated that former president Asif Ali Zardari owns assets worth Rs660 million and possesses properties in billions in only Nawabshah city. The document reveals that the former president has investments of Rs7.9 million. The cost of the unspecified number of horses and cattle belonging to him has been put at Rs9.9 million and he possesses arms and ammunition worth Rs 6.7 million. According to ECP, the PPP chairman has revealed assets of worth Rs1.58 billion, eight bank accounts, Rs10,776 agriculture land in Rato Dero besides also having shares of Rs210,000 in Zardari Group Pvt. Limited. The document further stated that the PPP leader has also shares in different companies in Dubai.
The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly owns assets of Rs240 million with 14 bank accounts in Lahore and land worth Rs2.6 million. The former chief minister revealed 113.6 million in terms of bank and house building loan.
The ECP document further stated that Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda owns assets worth Rs663 million, possesses vehicle worth over Rs10 million and owns 40 tola gold.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi owns assets worth Rs 240 million, followed by Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, who possesses assets worth Rs115 million.
Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar, declared assets worth Rs660 million, Industries Minister Hamad Azhar owns assets worth Rs360 million, Communication Minister Murad Saeed revealed 310 million assets and does not have any business in and outside the country.
