Ishaq Dar reacts to Imran’s allegations
The finance minister claimed that instead his sons returned to him the amount they owed as a gift from him
Imran says all politicians should declare their offshore assets. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan alleged that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had transferred $4 million to his son’s account in Dubai to avoid taxes here, the minister claimed that the allegations were mala fide and ‘figment’ of Imran’s imagination.
In a letter written the PTI chief and released to the media, the finance minister claimed that instead his sons returned to him the amount they owed as a gift from him.
He said the amount he had gifted to his sons was earned from abroad and now they have returned him the amount in Pakistan through banking channels.
“Further, being a member of the parliament, I’ve been regularly depositing my returns with the tax authorities and details of all my assets have been regularly reported in my annual returns of ‘statement of assets and liabilities’ with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Your statement, therefore, is not only false and fabricated but also has no nexus whatsoever with verifiable facts and public record,” Dar said in the letter.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2015.
A day after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan alleged that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar had transferred $4 million to his son’s account in Dubai to avoid taxes here, the minister claimed that the allegations were mala fide and ‘figment’ of Imran’s imagination.
In a letter written the PTI chief and released to the media, the finance minister claimed that instead his sons returned to him the amount they owed as a gift from him.
He said the amount he had gifted to his sons was earned from abroad and now they have returned him the amount in Pakistan through banking channels.
“Further, being a member of the parliament, I’ve been regularly depositing my returns with the tax authorities and details of all my assets have been regularly reported in my annual returns of ‘statement of assets and liabilities’ with the Election Commission of Pakistan.
Your statement, therefore, is not only false and fabricated but also has no nexus whatsoever with verifiable facts and public record,” Dar said in the letter.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 21st, 2015.