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Financial malpractice: PTI, PML-N fling more mud at each other
‘Nawaz didn’t pay taxes, Imran can’t explain assets’.
PTI spokesman says Nawaz Sharif didn’t pay taxes while he was in exile. PML-N spokeperson says Imran Khan can’t explain his assets. PHOTO: REUTERS/EXPRESS
LAHORE:
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) continued trading allegations against each other’s leaders on Tuesday, with the former accusing Nawaz Sharif of tax evasion and the latter questioning Imran Khan’s purchase of his house in Islamabad.
PTI spokesman Shafqat Mehmood said that Sharif had paid no taxes while in exile, as borne out by the nomination papers he filed in May 2008 for NA-123 Lahore VI.
“Answering question no 10 relating to the taxes paid by the applicant during the last three years, the answer given by Nawaz Sharif was ‘nil’. This was the period when Sharif had assets in Pakistan that were not shut down but were generating income,” he said in a press release. “The fact is that Sharif was in exile, not his assets,” he said.
Mehmood said that Sharif paid Rs2 million in 2009-10 and Rs2.5 million in 2010-11 as tax on income accrued from his shares in Chaudhry Sugar Mills. “The same mill was also giving him dividends in the years he was in exile, but no tax was paid,” he said.
He said that the Sharifs had been convicted of tax evasion by the Lahore High Court in 1999, for failing to pay tax, among other things, on a helicopter worth a million dollars at the time.
PML-N Senator Pervez Rashid said that Imran Khan was unable to explain how he had bought a massive tract of land in Bani Gala before his ex-wife Jemima Khan “came to his rescue” and said that she had gifted him the property. “Everyone know Imran runs a business of benami properties,” said Rashid.
He said that Shafqat Mahmood had been a director at Punjab Bank and he knew well that the Sharifs did not indulge in financial malpractices. “When the Sharifs were in exile their companies were paying regular taxes. Since Sharif was not a director in any of the companies his family owned, the question of paying income tax does not arise,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 30th, 2012.
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I think by doing by blaming each other you are not helping country or country men but you are helping Zardari and his corrupt team who have been looting Pakistan and destroying the economy of Pakistan who have made life of a common man miserable.
You both should fight on one point agenda that get Zardari and his team out out of the office and put them behind the bars. Once it’s done then you guys can sort out your problem but I think at the present time you should focus on one point agenda otherwise history will never forgive you.
And one thing more if Pakistan remain on the world map then we can do the politics as well if no Pakistan then no politics so get Zardai out to keep Pakistan on the world map.
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Corruption of PMLN & PPP is well known among the ordinary people of Pakistan, I urge people to try Imran and PTI this time. He can’t be worst than Nawaz or Zardari.
Cheers.
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I simply donot understand this?
Why are people asking about Imran Khan’s assets? Has he ever been in Power like Nawaz Sharif. Imran Khan never has been a Prime Minister, or a Chief Minister. He has never had access to tax payers money and large public funds. Everyone knows he made money by playing county cricket.
Imran Khan never had the power or changed tax laws or custom duty laws to benefit his factories as Nawaz Sharif did. He never had the power to secure loans worth billions of rupees from National banks like Nawaz Sharif. Imran Khan was never in power to take commissions from contracts.
I am confused why no leader of PTI takes this stance. Its simple.
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Lol both of them are thiefs’ and crooks. And they are laying down a brilliant foundation for PPP to win the next elections again
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Imran assets are clear.He is not running any buissnes while his house in on his name.on the other hand sharif has done lot of corruption.
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Imran can explains assets….Are you guys so naive to understand how IK bought this property..and what is going on..the guy has only one house after working as a professional cricketer for 21 years….is this house so difficult to digest that every one come n again and again on this..what are we comparing here…zardari and nawaz with Imran..is this sane…the duo are in power for the last 25 years int his country be it center or province..they always had the government and power…so if I point finger on them then its legitimate as they hold the public office…and if you see there property they both are number 2 and 3 richest propel of pakistan..is this coincident…on the other hand the guy only have on house and that is also from his money..never held any office..did not have any business..sugar mill..Swiss account…steel mills and other business..runs his life on commentary and few adds..Now I know why good people in pakistan dont come in politics..only because of this mud slinging..Politics is s dirty game..and poor Imran thought he will clean it…
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Hey… here’s an idea, instead of commenting, let’s just write our own mini-articles here. :)
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Its a turf war going on…and frankly no one is quite honest and clean as an angel.
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I think Noora league wants to start Noora Kushti with PTI. But be careful PTI they are master of Noora Kushti and after some time they will start enjoying!
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Mr Noor its very easy to give statement. check mine; Nawaz assets are clear.He is not running any illegal business.on the other hand Imran has done lot of corruption in shoukat khanam and made palace in Islamabad. now tell me how do you like it.
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I’m generally very unhappy with the way IK
collects donations. IK comes on TV and starts praising random businessmen without
giving full disclosure about receiving funds from them.
This is very dangerous and very have huge conflict of interest…
It’s find for IK to collect donations but he needs to give
adequate disclosures in his TV discussions.,,
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There is no comparison. IK has 1 house in Islamabad and NS has millions of dollars worth of assets all over UK and god knows where else. Like I said, there is no comparison.
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In one way or the other we must accept as true gentlemen and gentlewomen that we are corrupt at all levels. Who ever gets a chance or moves around with correct connections will avail this opportunity. We should now accept it as a national tragedy but with wry smile. Right now we must only talk about real issues which concerns most to all common persons on the street. Can anyone name any institution which is corruption free???
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Imran Khan is just a new puppet moving according to a given agenda supported by pro American Establishment. Their prime task is to target Nawaz Sharif by all means. Nawaz has already lost his political charm due to bundle of mistakes and non flexible attitudes. A Dark Night sequel is going to prevail after upcoming elections!!!
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Believe me PTI and PMLN are the best thing happened in Punjab’s Democracy so far as they both Oppose each other and Strong Opposition in democratic government actually lead to the Better Governance of the regions. I hope PTI will win some seats but also Cooperate with PMLN against PPP in Punjab and believe me it will do wonders as Strong Opposition= Good Governance in my view.
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@Yummy: are you that much stupid
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@ M Khan, For someone to be corrupt, they don’t have to run govt. Those three spot fixers were not our prime ministers.Recommend
@Zamir Malik:
My dear brother Malik Sb. Sharifs are looking for save areas of elections for their kinds, next generation, in Punjab to rule on us. This time PTI will do the best.
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@Saadkhan:
yes it feel stupid when you got only allegation not proof
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Dear IK:
Please read the Income Tax Ordinance of Pakistan. Persons not resident in Pakistan are not supposed to pay taxes. Nawaz Sharif being anon resident was not supposed to pay taxes.
Please consult a lawyer Recommend
Both parties should allow in writing FBR to make public their tax returns
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i like the explanation from PML-N, hey he owns so many mills but he is not a director or anyone , so sorry no tax from him!! Thats nice one, keep it up good old shareefs!
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I dont know who is good or who is bad but i know for sure that Imran khan does not know the ABC of politics. you all know Imran started this blame game against PML N and in the process has released pressure from the PPP. Imran has become so frustrated to become prime minister that he is spitting fire against everybody without realizing his own political stature.
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Sharifs are Pakistan’s top industrial family who pays billions in direct taxes and at this level its not uncommon to have disputes with tax authorities. Whereas Imran has no source of income, never had any business and never had any responsibilty in government and still owns property worth billions. What would happen if he and hungry crowd around him are handed over some authority? They will tear apart every brick and take it to their homes. We should never take that chance.
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That is why I love PPP and inshallah they will be victorious in the next election as PPP is the only party of the left who takes care of the poor masses. These two right fundo parties are depicting themselves as hollier than thou attitude and Pakistan don’t need them to run the country.
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PTI has no policy / agenda. Their policy is only to criticize PML(N). There is underhand deal between PPP and PTI.
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Corruption of not even a single penny has been proved against Sharif Brothers. Why PTI is so much criticizing them. Bad politics by PTI and Imran.
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@M Khan:
The money he earned from county cricket was also taxable. and you want to tell me that he is still living off that money? and in such a style.
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Shame for Imran Khan. He has no policy. He knows just how to blame others. His only target is Nawaz Sharif. This is no politics. It was Sharif Brothers who gave him land to build cancer hospital. This was Nawaz Sharif who relaxed all duties and taxes so that machinery can be imported for hospital without any taxes. sharif Brothers contributed much for the construction of hospital and today Imran is criticizing them. He should have been thankful to Sharif Brothers who fully cooperated him for building the hospital.
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I’m amazed!!! This was clear from the beginning that no matter what happens the army and the establishment will try their best to close the doors of power for PML-N. So far they are succeeding thanks to people like IK. This is the only country where the opposition parties fight with eachother other than the government. Wait PTI will be one after the next elections but right now its not. Right now its just a pressure group which claims to be the face of the nation like DPC or IJI. So please pti trolls wake up and stop being used by the establishment as this has been done many times before in our history just before the elections. What you guys are doing is just getting played by the military who wants some favourable civilian government. Obviously their first choice is their own pti but friends they don’t mind zardari again for next 5 years when it comes to NS. Come on people are you guys this stupid? just read your history carefully its pretty obvious.Recommend
This is quite hilarious.
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IK made Only 1 House with his entire Professional Life Earning… And they are comparing him with a person who made At least 1.4 Billion Dollars (As per wikipedia) through corruption….
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imran is assistant to zardari and an underhand ppp man, just like mqm, q league and ANP. He’s been given the job of splitting pmln votes in punjab. It looks more certain now that his reward will be a role in next punjab govt, if he manages to split the votebank. He’s a shame for Pakistan as he’s doing his best to help ppp win next election. Double standard guy with no clear policies on anything at all. His first attack is always against N League. His supporters do exactly the same. Pepole in punjab can clearly see imran’s mission.
He knows he stands nil chance of becoming prime minister or president next election , so he’s focusing all his energies to become Chief Minister of Punjab, with Zardari’s backing. I was his supporter until i discovered his real intentions of splitting punjab and ensuring ppp gove next time around.
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I love how everyone here just “makes up”, “assumes” and “derives” pieces of information. Either you all are delusional or completely blindfolded. I won’t even tackle anyone who shares conspiracy theories but to put the matter at rest let’s just say we have one political party currently running the country which has done absolutely nothing but corruption in the the past four years. We failed to meet the economic goals set by our Finance Minister, these goals were achieved every year that Musharraf was in power. Hey now, before you call me an “pro-American establishment” (whatever that means) agent, I am in no way a supporter of dictatorship but merely just pointing out a fact.
On the contrary we have the coalition partners (MQM, ANP being the main culprits) who have been acting like a turtle’s shell to keep PPP in power. They’re equally responsible for the social and economic crisis we’re currently in.
PML-N has been TRIED and TESTED. PLEASE for god’s sake stop supporting Nawaz and Shahbaz, have you seen the current governance in Punjab? Crimes/Kidnappings/Extremism are at all all-time high, one minute Shahbaz calls the militants his brothers next minute he’s assaulting Imran. Which mouth should we believe when there are so many.
As a person who’s going to vote for the first time, I will vote for PTI. Not because its a party of defectors, but because the people who did join Imran had the audacity and shame to leave the current government and join for a higher cause. There is humanity beyond one’s self. If we as a nation give Imran a chance I can’t promise that he will deliver but I can promise it could not be worse than what it is right now.
May Allah bless our country.
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