Pak Army Chief’s Family Members Made Billions During His Tenure

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Pakistan Army principal Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s family members and cousins came billionaires during his six- time term, making means amounting to ₹12.7 billion, a Pakistani website has claimed, egging the government to order a inquiry on Monday into the” illegal and unwarranted” leak of their duty records.

The FactFocus website, which describes itself as a” Pakistan- grounded digital media news organisation working on data- grounded investigative news stories”, participated the alleged wealth statements of Gen Bajwa and his family from 2013 to 2021 on its runner.

According to the report regarding the alleged duty records of Gen Bajwa’s family, the current request value of the given means and business of the army chief, both within and outside Pakistan, amounted to ₹12.7 billion.

The report, released days ahead of Gen Bajwa’s listed withdrawal latterly this month, claimed that the means of Gen Bajwa’s womanAyesha Amjad, went from zero in 2016 to ₹2.2 billion( declared and known) in six times.It stated the quantum didn’t include domestic plots, marketable plots and houses given by the Army to her hubby.

The report also contended that the total worth of the declared means of Mahnoor Sabir( Gen Bajwa’s son- in- law) jumped from zero in last week of October 2018 to ₹,271 million on November 2, 2018, while the means of Mahnoor’s family Hamna Naseer went from zero in 2016 to “ billions ” by 2017.

likewise, the duty returns of Sabir Hameed — the Army chief’s son’s father- in- law — were lower than a million in 2013 but “ in the coming times, he came a billionaire ”, the website claimedOn Monday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar ordered a inquiry after the duty and wealth details of Gen Bajwa’s family members were released online by the website.

According to a statement, Dar took notice of the “ illegal and unwarranted leakage of duty information of the family members of General Qamar Javed Bajwa ”.This is easily violative of the complete confidentiality of duty information that the Law provides, ” he was quoted as saying in the statement.

The minister said that in view of “ this serious lapse on the part of to- date unknown functionaries the Finance minister ” he directed Special Assistant to Prime Minister( SAPM) on profit Tariq Mehmood Pasha to tête-à-tête lead an immediate disquisition into the violation of duty law and breach Federal Bureau of profit data, fix responsibility and submit a report within 24 hours.So far the Army has not reflected on the Fact Focus report.