ISLAMABAD: Many among the legislators have their businesses and houses in other parts of the world. Going through the filed statements of the assets of members of the National Assembly, one comes across dozens of names who either have a foreign business or own properties abroad.Anusha Rehman, State Minister for
ByUsman Manzoor
January 22, 2015
ISLAMABAD: Many among the legislators have their businesses and houses in other parts of the world. Going through the filed statements of the assets of members of the National Assembly, one comes across dozens of names who either have a foreign business or own properties abroad. Anusha Rehman, State Minister for Information Technology, owns a house in United Kingdom which she says is worth Rs10 million only. KP’s former Chief Minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti, MNA from NA-9, has 24% shares in al-Auqab Transport Dubai (in wife’s name) which is worth 144,000 dirham. PTI’s Khail Zaman Aurakzai, MNA from NA-16, owns a house in Ajman, UAE, and three more properties in the same state while total worth of his properties is worth over R2 billion. Malik Shakir Bashir Awan, MNA from NA-70, has business assets abroad namely Makkah Coal Mines worth Rs202,655 only. Muhammad Afzal Khan, MNA from Bhakkar has Rs5,000,000 invested abroad and has also mentioned a bank account which he hold in UK. Ch Jaffar Iqbal, MNA from NA-106, has an Oslo, Norway, Taxi Licence wroth 200,000 crones. Muhammad Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry, a new entrant in PTI and MNA from NA-108, holds 49% shares in Kuwait-Pakistan Intl Co (USD 810215). Hafiz Abdul Karim from NA-172 has mentioned that he has invested some Rs12 million abroad while hold properties worth Rs5 million outside Pakistan.MNA from NA-196 Mian Imtiaz Ahmad has business capital worth Rs43.5 million abroad. Mir Ameer Ali Khan Magsi, MNA from NA-206, has mentioned in his assets details that he owns a flat in Dubai worth Rs12 million. Pir Syed Sadruddin Shah Rashidi has property in UK (in his spouse name) worth Rs85.8 million while another flat in Manchester is worth Rs101 million. Makhdoom Amin Fahim has mentioned that an apartment in Al-Dasara-2 Green Dubai, titled held in the name of his wife is worth 2.6 million in UAE Dirhams.Malik Asad Sikender has two flats in Bangkok one worth Rs25 million while instalments worth Rs10
million have been paid against the other while he also owns a flat in Burj al-Khalifa, Dubai, which is valued at Rs75 million but was gifted to him. Sohail Mansoor Khawaja, MNA, has, in Ajman, two flats worth Rs3.5 million and 3.4 million respectively; an apartment in London worth Rs11 million; an apartment worth Rs9.6 million in Canada in his wife’s name; he also owns a plot and a unit in Canada both respectively value Rs25.8 million and 71.4 million respectively. Alezah Iqbal Haider holds two apartments in Dubai which have been gifted by her father and are worth approximately 1.65 million dirham. MNA Farhana Qamar owns a house worth Rs53.4 million in UK.