Islamabad: According to the assets statements filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for the financial year ending 30 June 2020, the wives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his predecessor Imran Khan are wealthier than their husbands. Nusrat Shahbaz, the wife of the first current prime minister, has assets worth PKR 230.29 million and has nine agricultural properties and one house each in Lahore and Hazara divisions. Shahbaz Sharif has assets of PKR 104.21 million with liabilities of PKR 141.78 million. His second wife, Tehmina Durrani’s net worth has been around 5.76 million over the years, as presented with the ECP show.
Notably, Nusrat Shahbaz was charged last year by an accountability court in Lahore in a money laundering reference filed by the country’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
As per Dawn report, property statements filed with the ECP for the financial year ending June 30, 2020 revealed that Imran Khan has four goats worth PKR 200,000 and six properties, the most prominent of which are He has a 300-kanal villa in Banigala. news. The statements reveal that Khan also reportedly has inherited assets, including a house in Lahore’s Zaman Park, about 600 acres of farmland and non-agricultural land.
Khan has no vehicles or assets outside Pakistan, no investments, and has over PKR 60 million in bank accounts in addition to $329,196 and £518 in Pakistani foreign currency accounts. Dawn news reported that his wife Bushra Bibi has a net worth of 142.11 million PKR, the statements showed that she has four properties including a house in Banigala.
ANI report states that Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has 13 properties in the country worth PKR 98 million, owns a vehicle worth PKR 7.5 million and has around PKR 16 million in cash or banks . His wife reportedly has 100 tola of gold. Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and his wife have two houses and 40 tola of gold in Islamabad.
Pakistan People’s Party chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, however, is among the declared billionaires with a net worth of PKR 1.6 billion. The IANS report said that a major part of his wealth resides outside the country.
(with agency input)