ECP releases details of PM Imran Khan's assets

[MenInG]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a detailed report on the financial assets of National Assembly members, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, sources told Geo News.

According to the report, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan's assets stand at Rs80.6 million. The prime minister owns 10 immovable properties in Pakistan, while he has inherited a seven-Kanal house in Zaman Park, Lahore, which is valued at Rs40.53 million.

The prime minister, as per the report, received a 300-Kanal house in Bani Gala as a gift. Additional construction-related costs of the house cost him another Rs10.14 million. The document also provided details of his other assets, including a six-Kanal plot in Mohra Noori worth Rs0.5 million, and five inherited plots in Mianwali, Bhakkar, Sheikhupura, and Khanewal.

The assets’ report further noted that PM Imran has paid Rs10.19 million to buy two apartments at Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad. He has four goats worth Rs200,000 in total, and Rs50.66 million in a Pakistani bank account. The PM also has Rs10.99 million in cash.

Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi owns four properties in the country, including Pakpattan, Okara and Bani Gala. PM Khan has also sold one of his properties in Ferozewala, Sheikhupura for Rs70 million.

The report also stated that the premier does not have any offshore businesses or properties. He, however, has four foreign-currency bank accounts. One of his accounts has £518, another one contains $328,760, while the third account has $1,470. He has no money in his euro account.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/317841-ecp

 

[ahmedzee]

Poor Geo...since they can't find assets beyond means for Imran Khan, this story is hidden in their website. lol.

 

[The Viper]

ECP releases asset details of PM Imran, Shehbaz Sharif, Zardari and others

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday released details of the financial statements of members of the National Assembly for the year 2019-20, ARY News reported.

According to ECP, Prime Minister Imran Khan owns assets worth more than Rs80 million.

The document stated that the prime minister has no business and personal car and invested in four international bank accounts with a balance of $331,230 and 518 pounds.

According to documents, PM Imran Khan is also the owner of four goats worth Rs200,000 while having 19,900,000 in cash. He has also taken advance worth Rs70 million against 80-kanal land in Ferozwala.

Apart from this, the ECP has also released the asset details of federal ministers, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other opposition lawmakers.

Asif Ali Zardari

The document stated that former president Asif Ali Zardari owns assets worth Rs660 million and possesses properties in billions in only Nawabshah city. The document reveals that the former president has investments of Rs7.9 million. The cost of the unspecified number of horses and cattle belonging to him has been put at Rs9.9 million and he possesses arms and ammunition worth Rs 6.7 million.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

According to ECP, the PPP chairman has revealed assets of worth Rs1.58 billion, eight bank accounts, Rs10,776 agriculture land in Rato Dero besides also having shares of Rs210,000 in Zardari Group Pvt. Limited. The document further stated that the PPP leader has also shares in different companies in Dubai.

Shehbaz Sharif

The Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly owns assets of Rs240 million with 14 bank accounts in Lahore, acres of land worth Rs2.6 million. The former chief minister revealed 113.6 million in terms of bank and house building loan.

Federal Ministers

Faisal Vawda

The ECP document further stated that Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda owns assets worth Rs663 million, possesses vehicle worth over Rs10 million and owns 40 tola gold.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi owns assets worth Rs 240 million, followed by Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, who possesses assets worth Rs115 million.

Asad Umar

Federal Minister for Planning and Development, Asad Umar, declared assets worth Rs660 million, Industries Minister Hamad Azhar owns assets worth Rs360 million, Communication Minister Murad Saeed revealed 310 million assets and does not have any business in and outside the country.

Sheikh Rasheed

Furthermore, the Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed owns assets worth Rs40.6 million, Fawad Chaudhry owns assets of Rs110 million and former IT minister Khalid Maqbool Siddique owns assets worth Rs10 million.

Omar Ayub

Speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser also owns assets worth more than Rs80 million while owing a debt of 12,600,000 rupees. Energy minister Omar Ayub owns assets of over Rs1.21 billion rupees while owing a debt of Rs20 million.

Pervaiz Khattak has assets worth over Rs150 million.

https://arynews.tv/en/ecp-asset-details-parliamentarians-pm-imran/

 

[MenInG]

There are 12 billionaires in Pakistan’s National Assembly while most of the other lawmakers were also wealthy, possessing large properties in the country and abroad and massive investments in stocks, according to a media report on Wednesday.

The lawmakers who are rolling in money and are holding precious assets include top politicians from almost all the mainstream parties, the Dawn News reported.

Landlords and capitalists dominate Pakistan’s 342-member National Assembly -- the lower legislative house -- with the majority of members possessing huge pieces of land and massive investments in stocks, shares and industrial units, it said, citing the statement of assets of the lawmakers for year 2019 released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

As many as 12 out of the total 342 members of the National Assembly have declared that they own assets worth over a billion rupees. Five of the declared billionaires are from Punjab, another five from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two from Sindh, the report said.

While five of the billionaire lawmakers are from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) of Prime Minister Imran Khan, two are from its ally Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), three from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and one each from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP).

Interestingly, many other leaders -- including Prime Minister Khan, former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of the PML-N and PTI’s Khayal Zaman Orakzai -- who in the previous years had put the worth of their assets at over a billion rupees, opted to mention the cost of their assets this time, which is less than a billion.

Prime Minister Khan owns assets worth over Rs 80 million, though this does not include the value of his 300-kanal villa in Bani Gala that he says was a gift. Almost all other properties including a house in Lahore’s Zaman Park, around 600 acres (4,800 kanals) of agricultural land besides non-agricultural land, too, are stated to be inherited.

However, this year he has not mentioned two properties, which he had listed in the statement of assets filed last year, measuring around 15 acres in the Bhakkar area.

While Khan continues to possess four goats valued at Rs 200,000, he does not own any vehicle. He has Rs 77.53 million cash in hand and in the bank accounts. Khan also has 518 pounds in a foreign currency account and USD 331,230 in two other accounts. He has also given Rs 11.97 million in advance for a flat.

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, who happens to be one of the 12 declared billionaires, has more assets in the UAE than in Pakistan. He has extended over Rs 1.24 billion loan to four companies from the money he inherited from his mother and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto after her assassination. The total value of his shares in the four companies forms only a small fraction of the amount he has lent to them.

He has shares in two villas in Dubai, but their value has not been mentioned in the statement. The total worth of his assets comes to Rs 1.58 billion. He owns 19 properties in Pakistan including over 200 acres of land, most of which are inherited or gifted. He also owns weapons worth Rs 3 million.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari owns thousands of acres of agricultural land besides properties in Dubai. The total worth of his assets has been stated to be Rs 676.87 million out of which he has Rs 316.70 million cash in hand. He owns over a dozen properties in Pakistan besides his share in the five properties that he inherited from his spouse Benazir Bhutto.

Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif has more than 83 acres of agricultural land. In Pakistan, he owns four non-agricultural properties, while he also has a house in London. Besides, he has two vehicles and Rs 21.9 million in bank accounts.

The value of his assets in Pakistan and abroad is Rs 247.49 million, but at the same time, he has liabilities worth Rs 146.67 million in terms of loans and mortgages in Pakistan and the UK, leaving his net worth at Rs 100.71 million.

Considering his liabilities, his first wife, Nusrat Shehbaz, with net wealth of Rs 235.21 million is richer. She has two houses — one each in Lahore and Dunga Gali, Hazara division, KP valued at Rs 186.58 million — besides shares in several agricultural properties, industrial units. She also has around Rs 30.67 million in cash and bank accounts. She does not own any vehicle.

The wealth of Shehbaz Sharif’s his second wife, Tehmina Shehbaz, remains around Rs 5.76 million, including Rs 4 million in terms of jewellery and household furniture, while her car is valued at Rs 500,000.

Ihsan Bajwa, PML-N member from Bahawalnagar, is the richest among the lawmakers with total assets worth over Rs 4 billion, excluding liabilities in the UAE. PTI lawmaker from Peshawar, Noor Alam Khan, is second in the line. He owns assets worth Rs 3.20 billion.

Another PTI lawmaker from Peshawar, Arbab Umar Amir Ayub, owns assets worth over Rs 2.56 billion. Chaudhry Salik Hussain of the PML-Q, son of former premier Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, has declared the worth of his assets as Rs 1.60 billion.

PTI lawmaker Najib Haroon from Karachi is also a billionaire. He owns assets worth Rs 1.54 billion. The other billionaires include Moonis Elahi (PML-Q), Mohammad Yaqoob Sheikh (PTI), A H Azam Khan Hoti (ANP), Noorul Hasan Tanveer (PML-N) and Minister for Power Omar Ayub.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...bly-members/story-Je93CQYlmmpyf5KrKdtyvK.html

 

[Yossarian]

According to the report, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan's assets stand at Rs80.6 million. The prime minister owns 10 immovable properties in Pakistan, while he has inherited a seven-Kanal house in Zaman Park, Lahore, which is valued at Rs40.53 million.

Rs 80.6 million at current exchange rates is approx £380,000, of which the seven Kanal house is worth Rs 40.53 (approx £192,000)?

Surely the total value of his assets is more than £380,000 ?

 

[Gayle_Force]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) released a detailed report on the financial assets of National Assembly members, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, sources told Geo News.

According to the report, the total value of Prime Minister Imran Khan's assets stand at Rs80.6 million. The prime minister owns 10 immovable properties in Pakistan, while he has inherited a seven-Kanal house in Zaman Park, Lahore, which is valued at Rs40.53 million.

The prime minister, as per the report, received a 300-Kanal house in Bani Gala as a gift. Additional construction-related costs of the house cost him another Rs10.14 million. The document also provided details of his other assets, including a six-Kanal plot in Mohra Noori worth Rs0.5 million, and five inherited plots in Mianwali, Bhakkar, Sheikhupura, and Khanewal.

The assets’ report further noted that PM Imran has paid Rs10.19 million to buy two apartments at Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad. He has four goats worth Rs200,000 in total, and Rs50.66 million in a Pakistani bank account. The PM also has Rs10.99 million in cash.

Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi owns four properties in the country, including Pakpattan, Okara and Bani Gala. PM Khan has also sold one of his properties in Ferozewala, Sheikhupura for Rs70 million.

The report also stated that the premier does not have any offshore businesses or properties. He, however, has four foreign-currency bank accounts. One of his accounts has £518, another one contains $328,760, while the third account has $1,470. He has no money in his euro account.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/317841-ecp

The math in this article doesn’t seem to add up . It says his total assets are valued at Rs 80 Million but his Zaman park property is valued at 40.6 Million and he has 50 million in his bank account. That is alone Rs 90 million not counting the 9 other properties in his portfolio, Rs 10 million cash and the $328,000 in foreign accounts.

 

[Mamoon]

He has kept a 300 kanal house to himself and then talks about simplicity and austerity.

 

[MenInG]

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, who happens to be the only declared billionaire in the province’s legislature, is also the wealthiest MPA in the country, with the worth of his total assets coming to Rs2.38 billion.

According to statements of assets of members of the provincial assemblies (MPAs) for the financial year ending on June 30, 2019, Mr Khan, who was elected from PK-09 (Swat), owns agricultural property worth Rs2.33bn and has Rs40 million in cash and Rs7.7m in two bank accounts. However, he owns no car.

Awami National Party’s Bahadar Khan (PK-16, Lower Dir) is the second richest MPA in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as his assets are worth Rs894m. He owns 20 properties worth Rs875m, with just one piece of agricultural land of unspecified size valued at Rs410m.

Syed Fakhar Jehan, a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) legislator from PK-21 (Buner), has properties worth Rs766.80m, including shops and agricultural and non-agricultural land. He owns a Land Cruiser and another unspecified motor car. He holds Rs1.5m in cash and just Rs135,000 in his bank account.

Shakeel Ahmad, a member of the provincial cabinet, owns 18 plots in Islamabad and Gwadar, all valued at only Rs3.1m

Sher Azam Khan, a PPP lawmaker from PK-87 (Bannu), is the owner of assets valued at Rs664.63m. He owns properties worth Rs521m and has over Rs139m in cash or in bank accounts.

The properties owned by him include 1,865 kanals of agricultural land, a seven-kanal house in Lakki Marwat, a 1.5-kanal house in Islamabad and plots in Ghora Gali and Bansara Gali, Murree.

The assets owned by Fazal Hakim Khan, a PTI member from PK-05 (Swat), have grown in worth to Rs594m from Rs528m in 2018, registering an increase of Rs66m in a single year.

He has put the ‘cost’ of his properties — including 24 plots, two commercial buildings, a house, a beverage factory and three restaurants — at Rs573m, which in the previous year’s documents was Rs513m. In 2018, he owned 800 grams of gold valued at Rs4m. Now he owns 1kg of gold, the worth of which has been put at Rs7.40m.

Musawar Khan, a PTI lawmaker from PK-19 (Malakand), owns commercial, agricultural and residential properties worth Rs384m. He didn’t have a business in 2018 but now has started a business venture with an investment of Rs65m.

Riaz Khan, a PTI member from PK-20 (Buner), has assets worth Rs350m. He owns properties worth Rs307m and has invested Rs40m in marble business. Interestingly, he drives a 2009 model car valued at Rs1.2m and has no cash in hand or bank account.

Malak Badshah Saleh, a PPP legislator from PK-10 (Upper Dir), has not only changed the cost of his four properties this time but size of a plot as well. The cost of the four properties, including a 300-acre agricultural land and another 25-acre land, had been put at Rs130m in 2018. But now the size of the last plot has been put as 50 acres and the cost as Rs45m instead of Rs20m.

Mr Saleh owns assets worth Rs349.5m. He has a business capital of Rs215m and owns two pieces of agricultural land valued at Rs70m and Rs20m, respectively.

The overall cost of the four properties has been changed from Rs130m in 2018 to Rs215m. His investment in a construction company has risen from Rs130m to Rs145m.

Shakeel Ahmad, a member of the provincial cabinet, owns 18 plots of unspecified sizes — 11 in Islamabad and the rest in Gwadar. The cost of all the plots has been put at only Rs3.1m.

The worth of assets owned by leader of the opposition in the assembly Akram Durrani declined from Rs10m in 2018 to Rs7.75m in 2019. He held prize bonds of Rs3m in 2018 and now is keeping only about one-third of them.

He owns three houses and 462 kanals of land — all inherited, but has not mentioned the market value of the properties. He has Rs4.16m in cash but owns no car.

Published in Dawn, November 14th, 2020

 

[MenInG]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday issued a notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan for participating in a rally in Lower Dir in connection with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa local bodies elections.

The commission has summoned the premier on March 14, either in person or through his counsel. According to the ECP, the prime minister had violated Section 234 of the revised Elections Act, 2017.

“Sufficient evidence is available to establish that you [PM Imran] have violated the provision of the Revised Code of Conduct, Elections Act 2017, and the Rules made thereunder.”

In an earlier letter, the commission had informed the premier that he as well as other public officer-holders could not visit any the area of any local council or announce a development scheme after the issuance of the election schedule.

It had warned PM Imran that legal proceedings under sections 233 and 234 of the Election Act 2017 could be initiated against him if he violated any provisions of the revised code.

Under recent amendments to the act, the government had inserted a new section, 181A, which read: “Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Act, rule or code of conduct or any other law, a member of parliament, provincial assembly or elected member of local government including member holding any other office under constitution or any other law shall subject to sections 170 clause (a) sub section (v), 175 (h), sub section (1) of section 180, 181 and 182 may visit or address public meetings in any area or constituency during election campaign”.

The commission has issued a new code of conduct after consultation with all political parties. According to the new code, only members of parliament would be allowed to participate in the election campaign. However, public office-holders would not be permitted to participate in them.

Responding to the development, Attorney General for Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan said the ECP could not ignore the ordinance promulgated by the president. “They [ECP] are vested with no jurisdiction to nullify its effect which can only be done by a high court or the Supreme Court,” he added.

“The ECP can regulate but neither can it nullify an ordinance, nor prohibit any activity permissible under it.”

A senior lawyer, who has expertise in election laws, said the commission had the discretion to impose a fine or issue a contempt notice to the premier.

An official in ECP told The Express Tribune that the commission had summoned a meeting on March 8 of all representatives of parliamentary political parties to discuss the new ordinance.

It is learnt that with the exception of the PTI, all parties agreed that public office-holders should not be allowed to participate in polls campaigns.

However, the parties’ representatives agreed to amend the election code of conduct to the extent that only MNAs and MPAs should be allowed to attend the campaigns.

It has been learnt that the PML-N had decided to approach high court against PM Imran for violating the ECP code of conduct.

Political analysts believe that the matter will be resolved after the court's interpretation on the new ordinance in view of the ECP objections.

The ordinance is a temporary legislation. The laws related to the ECP should be consensus-oriented after taking all stakeholders into confidence. The Elections Act 2017 was enacted after holding 126 hearings.

Earlier in the day, PM Imran had reached Lower Dir despite the ECP telling him not to do so.

The prime minister has decided to bear the cost of his visits to attend public gatherings.

The PTI will not pay the expenses of his visits during the election process.

The Prime Minister's Office has issued a written directive in this connection.

The party will reimburse the expenses incurred during the visits of the premier to the national treasury, the letter read.

A copy of the letter was sent to the cabinet secretary and other officials concerned.

Express Tribune

 

[silentkiller187]

IHC stops ECP from acting against PM Imran for election code violation

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday barred the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from initiating action against Prime Minister Imran Khan for allegedly violating the code of conduct during the ongoing campaign for the second phase of the local government polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Justice Aamer Farooq observed that the electoral body could issue notices over a breach of law but couldn't impose fines or disqualify candidates.

The ECP earlier issued notices to Prime Minister Khan, KP Governor Shah Farman, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, federal ministers Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Murad Saeed, and others for allegedly violating the canvassing rules ahead of the polls, set to take place on March 31.

After receiving the ECP notices, PM Imran and Planning Minister Asad Umar had petitioned the IHC, claiming that since the presidential ordinance last month that amended election laws in the country, public office holders were now allowed to canvass during election campaigns.


On March 18, the IHC had declined to issue an interim order to restrain the ECP from proceeding against Prime Minister Imran Khan and federal ministers and asked Attorney General of Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan for assistance in this matter.

During proceedings today, Justice Farooq asked the AGP if the ECP had approached him for consultation on the revisions it made to the ordinance amending the Elections Act, to which he replied in the affirmative.

He, however, argued that a prime minister was the head of the party and a "star performer".

"How can you exclude the star performer from the campaign?"

The president, he said, was the head of the state and, therefore, could be stopped. "But the prime minister is the leader of a party and can't be bound."

He pointed out that if a party's head was the PM, he was stopped, but opposition leaders could run campaigns and gained benefits out of it.

The AGP proposed that the PM could be stopped from some things during the election campaign such as announcing a development package.

Justice Farooq inquired if the ECP held disqualification powers, to which the AGP said it could. "According to the law, the ECP can issue a notice to any political party or a member contesting the elections."

But, he contended, the PM was neither a political party nor a candidate. "How can a notice be issued to him?"

The court then asked if the PM was issued a disqualification notice. AGP Khan said that the premier was expected to receive one after April 2.

The attorney general added that the PM received notices every other day. "One of them directed him to appear before the district monitoring officer in Mingora. This is unlawful. Only the ECP can summon the prime minister."

At this point, the counsel of ECP pointed out that a public office holder could go to his constituency but couldn't participate in an election campaign. He added that during the election drives, government machinery such as helicopters was used.

The AGP countered him by citing a notification issued by the interior ministry which said that the PM bore all the expenses of election campaigns himself. In spite of that, he pointed out, "as soon as the PM leaves for a rally, the ECP issues a notice".

It had even imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the prime minister, he added.

The court, subsequently, adjourned the hearing till April 6 and barred the ECP from acting against the premier until then.

The election ordinance
Last month, President Dr Arif Alvi had promulgated an ordinance amending the Elections Act and added Section 181(A) to it, allowing members of parliament, provincial assembly or elected members of local government to visit or address public meetings in “any area or constituency” before elections.

However, the chief election commissioner, during a consultative meeting with the representatives of some 17 political parties, sought the draft code of conduct for the next elections. According to a statement issued by the ECP, the commission revised the code of conduct for all stakeholders in light of the consultation.

It allowed ordinary members of parliament and provincial assemblies to take part in canvassing but issued notices to Mr Khan and ministers summoning them on March 14.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1682245/i...-against-pm-imran-for-election-code-violation