Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday took notice of the “illegal and unwarranted” leak of tax-related information of family members of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, said media reports. “This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides for,” Geo News reported. The statement said that violations of tax law and violations of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data will be immediately investigated.
In view of this serious lapse on the part of till date unknown functionaries, Dar directed Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Revenue, to personally lead the inquiry, fix responsibility and submit a report within 24 hours. Have given. The statement said, Geo News reported.
The general’s family started a joint business venture with Lahore-based Sabir ‘Mithu’ Hameed (Mahanoor’s father and father-in-law of Bajwa’s son), and in the same year Hameed began moving capital outside Pakistan and buying properties abroad, Reported by Fact Focus.
General’s wife became a millionaire
The general’s wife, Ayesha, became a multi-billionaire with large farmhouses in Islamabad and Gulberg Greens in Karachi, several residential plots in Lahore and commercial plots and plazas in DHA schemes.
When Bajwa was COAS, his wife became the owner of two commercial plazas in Phase IV and Phase VI of DHA Lahore. The report states that Ayesha used to keep money (around half a million dollars) in her US Dollar (USD) accounts.
FBR records show that the General’s wife was warned several times for hiding assets.