PM Imran’s assets see 26% drop: ECP

Declares PTI’s Noor Alam Khan richest MNA with Rs3.20b in assets

ISLAMABAD:

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday released the details of assets and liabilities of parliamentarians of the National Assembly for the financial year 2019-20.

Surprisingly, the assets of Prime Minister Imran Khan witnessed a decline of around 26% over the previous year. He was the owner of Rs108 million in FY 2018-19 while his assets reduced to Rs80 million in the current fiscal year.As per the ECP, besides own-ing Rs80 million, Premier Imran has four foreign accounts with combined deposits of $331,230 and £518. He also has four goats worth Rs200,000. His liability includes over Rs70 million in the form of loan secured against his 80 kanals of land in Ferozewala.

The PM, however, does not have any business at home nor abroad and also does not own any vehicle in his name.The ECP stated that PTI’s Noor Alam Khan is one of the richest MNAs with assets worth Rs3.20 billion while Opposition Leader in the NA Shehbaz Sharif owns assets worth Rs240 million, former president Asif Ali Zardari Rs670 million and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Rs1.58 billion. Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has assets worth Rs60 million while Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Rs20 million.

NA Speaker Asad Qaiser owns assets worth over Rs80 million and has liabilities are in excess of Rs126 million. PTI Central Secretary General Amir Mehmood Kayani possesses assets worth Rs146.9 million, Riaz Fatyana Rs54.86 million and Ghulam Bharwana Rs3.7 million. Energy Minister Omar Ayub Khan has Rs1.21 billion in assets and Rs20 million in liabilities. Defence Minister Pervez Khattak owns assets worth Rs150 million while he owes his mother-in-law Rs25 million. Federal Minister Faisal Vawda owns assets worth Rs630 million, foreign assets worth Rs510 million, 40-tola gold and a car worth more than Rs10 million.

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi owns Rs240 million in assets, Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood Rs150 million, Federal Minister Hamad Azhar and his wife own assets worth over Rs360 million and Rs280 million, respectively, Planning Minister Asad Umar Rs660 million, Communications Minister Murad Saeed over Rs3.1 million but his financial details do disclose the value of his personal car and 15-tola gold.

Similarly, Federal Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan owns Rs50 million in assets, Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry Rs111.6 million, Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema Rs109.7 million in property, 100-tola in form of gold and a car worth Rs45 million. Federal Minister Khusro Bakhtiar owns 270 million in assets while his Range Rover car has been declared as a gift from his parents.

IT Minister Aminul Haque has assets worth more than Rs15 million and Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has assets worth Rs46.5 million.PML-Q’s MNA Monis Elahi has Rs1 billion in assets and also owns 1,000 shares of JDW Sugar Mills. His wife has assets worth Rs78.6 million. MQM-Pakistan Convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui owns assets worth over Rs10 million, Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) chief Nawabzada Zain Bugti owns 23,000 acres of inher-ited land in Dera Bugti, 836 acres of agricultural land in Sanghar and a gas station worth Rs10 million.

BNP’s Akhtar Mengal has declared assets worth millions, including farm animals worth Rs3 million.PML-N’s Khawaja Saad Rafique has declared assets worth Rs120 million, loans amounting to Rs29.5 million, two vehicles with declared cost of Rs57 million and Rs52 million in bank accounts. His wife Ghazala Saad Rafique has 40-tola of gold.PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq has assets worth Rs60 million and two plots in Gulberg, Lahore, with declared values of Rs30 million and Rs28 million. Marriyum Aurangzeb declared as-sets worth more than Rs30 million and 16-tola of gold jewellery worth Rs1.2 million.