Harris Fata’s richest senator

Lawmakers from tribal belt are three times richer than Balochistan MPAs.


Zahid Gishkori March 15, 2011

ISLAMABAD:


A senator from the economically impoverished Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with assets worth Rs273 million is on average three times richer than his Baloch counterpart.


Baloch legislators, however, get the lion’s share in the revenue accruing from natural resources which they have omitted from the declaration of assets filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The undeclared revenue has yet to be assessed.  A Baloch senator owns assets worth only Rs82 million.

Eight lawmakers from the tribal belt possess assets worth Rs2.1 billion compared to 22 senators from Balochistan whose assets are valued at Rs1.9 billion. None of them have made any mention of their properties abroad. Nearly a dozen senators have not even declared their homes apart from their official residence.

Muhammad Harris Khan is the richest senator from the tribal belt with assets worth Rs724 million while Abdul Raziq is the second richest with property worth some Rs 645million.

Senator Humayun Khan Mandokhel is the richest lawmaker from Balochistan. His assets are valued at Rs338 million. Senator Rehana Yahya Baloch comes a close second with assets worth Rs313 million.

Israrullah Zehri has declared assets worth Rs3 million. However, he neglected to mention the revenue from 51,555 acres of land he owns in the province. He owns 25,000 acres in Kalat, 15,000 in Jhal Magsi, 7,000 in Khuzdar and 3,000 acres in Thatta and there is still more.

Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, with property worth Rs0.5 million, is the poorest lawmaker in Balochistan, according to the declaration of assets released by the ECP last week. Interestingly, the ECP has not declared Senator Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani’s assets.

Abbas Khan from Fata declared assets worth Rs247 million, Haji Khan has property valued at Rs340 million and Engineer Malik Rashid owns property worth Rs38 million. Saleh Shah owns assets worth Rs14 million, Abdul Rashid has property worth Rs35 million and Hafiz Rashid Ahmad declared assets valued at Rs6 million.

Baloch Senator Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhel owns assets worth Rs1 million, Dr Abdul Malik Rs16 million, Dr Muhammad Ismail Buledi declared assets worth Rs11 million and Kalsoom Perveen, Rs20 million.

Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo has property worth Rs18 million, Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, Rs28 million, Mir Mohabat Khan Marri’s assets are valued at Rs140 million, Mir Wali Muhammad Badin’s at Rs74 million, Muhammad Ali Rind’s at Rs17 million and Lashkari Raisani possesses assets worth Rs164 million.

Akbar Magsi’s assets are worth Rs187 million, Rehmatullah Kakar’s Rs215 million, Sabina Rauf’s Rs 10 million. Likewise, Sabir Ali Baloch has declared property worth Rs28 million, Saeed Ahmed Hashmi, Rs 33 million, Shahid Hassan Bugti, Rs123 million and Suriya Amiruddi, Rs6.4 million.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2011.

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