Islamabad: The Leak”Pandora LetterThe names of over 700 Pakistanis were revealed as rich and powerful international figures who were allegedly hiding their financial secrets. offshore companies.
The files, unveiled by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), pose a major challenge to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who ousted his arch-political rival, the former PM. Nawaz Sharif, through a Supreme Court order in the “Panama Papers” case, which barred Sharif from holding public office in the future.
The latest papers named Khan’s cabinet members and financial backers, politicians, retired generals, media owners and businessmen as having secret offshore financial assets.
As Khan vowed that strict action would be taken against Pakistanis if found involved in the scam, his first major test would be deciding on the finance minister. shaukat tarino, Water Resources Minister Chowdhary Moonis Elahi and his predecessor Faisal Wawda, National Bank of Pakistan President Arif Usmani, PM’s ambassador at large for foreign investment Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, National Investment Trust Managing Director Adnan Afridi and others whose names had surfaced in the leaked papers.
The “Pandora Papers” also includes the names of several retired Pakistani generals and their children. According to leaked files, former President Pervez MusharrafThe U.S. military secretary, Lieutenant General Shafatullah Shah, owns an expensive apartment in London in the name of his wife and son through an offshore company.
Former Director General (Counter-Terrorism) of ISI Major General Nusrat Naeem (Retd) registered a company soon after his retirement in 2009. The son of Lt Gen Afzal Muzaffar (Retd) owned an offshore company, which was used for a business in India. United Arab Emirates.
Muzaffar, who was the Director General of the Army’s National Logistics Cell (NLC), was implicated in a case related to illegal investment of Rs 4.3 billion by Pakistanis in the stock market, causing a loss of Rs 1.8 billion.
Former Defense Production Secretary Lt Gen Tanveer Tahir’s wife is a shareholder in an offshore company and Lt Gen Ali Quli Khan’s sister bought assets in the UK through an offshore company, the “Pandora Papers” claim. He made this purchase through the property inherited from his deceased father Lt Gen Habibullah Khattak (Retd).
According to the Pandora Papers, a former Air Force chief’s two sons, Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak also own an offshore company. The documents claim that Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, publisher of Jung Group, Hameed Haroon of Dawn Group, Sultan Lakhani And the late Arif Nizami of Pakistan Today has an offshore company each.
The files, unveiled by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), pose a major challenge to Prime Minister Imran Khan, who ousted his arch-political rival, the former PM. Nawaz Sharif, through a Supreme Court order in the “Panama Papers” case, which barred Sharif from holding public office in the future.
The latest papers named Khan’s cabinet members and financial backers, politicians, retired generals, media owners and businessmen as having secret offshore financial assets.
As Khan vowed that strict action would be taken against Pakistanis if found involved in the scam, his first major test would be deciding on the finance minister. shaukat tarino, Water Resources Minister Chowdhary Moonis Elahi and his predecessor Faisal Wawda, National Bank of Pakistan President Arif Usmani, PM’s ambassador at large for foreign investment Ali Jehangir Siddiqui, National Investment Trust Managing Director Adnan Afridi and others whose names had surfaced in the leaked papers.
The “Pandora Papers” also includes the names of several retired Pakistani generals and their children. According to leaked files, former President Pervez MusharrafThe U.S. military secretary, Lieutenant General Shafatullah Shah, owns an expensive apartment in London in the name of his wife and son through an offshore company.
Former Director General (Counter-Terrorism) of ISI Major General Nusrat Naeem (Retd) registered a company soon after his retirement in 2009. The son of Lt Gen Afzal Muzaffar (Retd) owned an offshore company, which was used for a business in India. United Arab Emirates.
Muzaffar, who was the Director General of the Army’s National Logistics Cell (NLC), was implicated in a case related to illegal investment of Rs 4.3 billion by Pakistanis in the stock market, causing a loss of Rs 1.8 billion.
Former Defense Production Secretary Lt Gen Tanveer Tahir’s wife is a shareholder in an offshore company and Lt Gen Ali Quli Khan’s sister bought assets in the UK through an offshore company, the “Pandora Papers” claim. He made this purchase through the property inherited from his deceased father Lt Gen Habibullah Khattak (Retd).
According to the Pandora Papers, a former Air Force chief’s two sons, Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak also own an offshore company. The documents claim that Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman, publisher of Jung Group, Hameed Haroon of Dawn Group, Sultan Lakhani And the late Arif Nizami of Pakistan Today has an offshore company each.
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