Zero to billion rupees in a week: General Bajwa's daughter-in-law's wealth

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Zero to billion rupees in a week: Pakistan Army chief's daughter-in-law became a billionaire days before her marriage

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Ahmed Bajwa's daughter-in-law Mahnoor Sabir became a billionaire just nine days before her marriage while the wealth of her other three sisters remained the same, reported Fact Focus.

ccording to the Pakistan-based fact-checker, Mahnoor's declared assets were zero in the last week of October 2018 but her net worth skyrocketed to over a billion rupees in the first week of November 2018. She married the Pakistani Army chief's son Saad Bajwa on November 2, 2018.

The Fact Focus claimed that Mahnoor Sabir received back-dated allocations of eight Defence Housing Authority (DHA) plots in Gujranwala on October 23, 2018, nine days before her marriage, something only possible if one has ownership of land acquired by the DHA.

On the same day in 2018, she also became an owner of a Grand Hyatt apartment located in Islamabad again in the back dates of 2015. Though Mahnoor declared these properties in 2018, the filing retrospectively stated that these properties were acquired in the tax years 2014, 2015, and 2016.

The declarations were made to show that every single property was in fact purchased before November 2016. These annual returns, along with the declarations for the tax year 2017, were made on September 14, 2018, and October 23, 2018. Later, declarations for the year 2018 were also submitted on December 17, 2018.

Mahnoor Sabir's assets

212 Kanal and 12 marlas agricultural land at Mauza Julke, Lahore (current market value of Rs 34 crore)

Four 8-marla and three 4-marla commercial plots in Phase 7 Sector C of DHA, Lahore (Rs 49 crore)

One Grand Hyatt, Islamabad apartment (Rs 7 crore)

Allocations of eight 1-kanal plots in DHA, Gujaranawala (Rs 7.2 crore)

15,000 shares in a company incorporated in 2014, La Residence (Pvt) Ltd, with declared value Rs 15 lakh.

Positions held

Mahnoor holds the position of the manager of an oil company, Taxx Petroleum Pakistan, in November 2019. Taxx Petroleum, which is currently registered as an overseas company in Pakistan with its head office in Dubai, was in fact first registered in Pakistan on November 14, 2018, and later registered in the UAE on January 16, 2019.

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[ex-q-zit]

The is the original article by journalist Ahman Noorani

When Qamar Javed Bajwa became a lieutenant general, his wife was not even a tax filer. His closest friend in Lahore, Sabir “Mithu” Hameed, was a good businessman but not a billionaire. Everything changed for both families as they moved ahead and become one family.

Within six years, both families become billionaires, started an international business, purchased multiple foreign properties, started transferring capital abroad, become owners of commercial plazas, commercial plots, huge farmhouses in Islamabad and Karachi, an immense real estate portfolio in Lahore, and so on. The current market value of the – known – assets and businesses within Pakistan and outside accumulated by the Bajwa family during the last six years is more than Rs12.7 billion.

Here different members of General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s extended family are discussed separately. Starting with Ayesha Amjad, wife of General Bajwa, to Mr. “Mithu” (Sabir Hameed, General Bajwa’s old friend and father-in-law of his eldest son) and his family. A picture emerges, illustrating how the properties of these families increased during the last six years of General Bajwa’s ‘rule’.

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) of Pakistan Army Major General Babar Iftikhar was repeatedly approached by this correspondent for three consecutive days but he avoided responding to the calls. Sabir Hameed (Mithu) also avoided attending calls or responding to questions from Fact Focus. Fact Focus will publish the complete viewpoint of General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Sabir Hameed if they decided to speak on these points.

The General’s wife

Qamar Javed Bajwa, in his returns for the year 2013, had declared that his wife had three properties in her name. These properties were:

1. an eight-marla commercial plot in phase-VIII of DHA Lahore (declared value: Rs3,000,000),
2. one Kanal plot in DHA Islamabad (declared value: Rs1,500,000), and
3. an eight-marla commercial plot in phase-IV of the DHA Lahore (declared value: Rs2,500,000).

The market values (minimum) of these three and all other assets later accumulated by her during the last six years are given at the end of this section.

General Bajwa initially submitted this return and wealth statement in 2013 on November 30. However, after being appointed COAS he revised the wealth statement for this year three times: on September 17, 2017, November 02, 2017, and November 08, 2017. In the revised wealth statement for the year 2013, General Bajwa added a commercial plot in phase VIII of DHA Lahore. He claimed that in fact he had purchased this plot back in 2013 but forgot to declare. He would continue to forget for the next four years and could only remember his omissions in 2017, one year after becoming army chief.

Ayesha Amjad, the wife of General Bajwa, registered as a tax filer on August 10, 2016. Her husband was to be considered as a candidate for being appointed the next army chief of the country in November 2016. The 2016 annual return and wealth statement was her first-ever declaration with the FBR which was originally submitted on October 28, 2016, just three weeks before Bajwa was appointed the army chief.

2016:

In her 2016 declaration, Ayesha Amjad declared eight “Any Other Assets” without describing them. This wealth statement was however revised on April 17, 2018, when General Bajwa army chief. Declared values were mentioned in the returns. Market values are given below. Ayesha declared that the net value of her assets during the previous financial year, 2015, was zero.

2017:

The 2017 wealth statement showed nine “Any Other Assets” and only described two properties including:

1. A commercial plaza in phase-VI DHA Lahore, and
2. An under-construction 4047 sq ft flat in phase-V of DHA Lahore.

Market values of these assets are mentioned below where all assets are identified.

2018:

The tax records for the year 2018 show that Ayesha retained all the previous years’ assets and purchased five more commercial and residential properties. She also declared a USD foreign currency account this year which had USD 384,166 = PKR 35,691,882 in it.

Five new properties added this year include:

1. Oasis farmhouse DHA Karachi (advance payment)
2. An apartment (mentioned as a plot but later corrected as apartment in following years) at PAF Housing Scheme Karachi
3. Four marla commercial plot # C/E/00391, DHA phase 9 Lahore
4. Four marla commercial plot # PC/E/00132 DHA Phase 9, Lahore
5. Apartment 2730 Sq ft in Sukh Chayn Islamabad (advance payment)

Declared values are shown in the wealth statement. Marker values (minimum) are given at the end.

2019:

The tax records for the next year, 2019, show all properties, except one, were maintained and one new property was added.

Ayesha sold one property this year and had a capital gain of Rs 43,000,000. She immediately converted all Pakistan Rupees into United States Dollars. Pakistani currency was devaluing at a rapid pace in those days.

The money in the foreign currency account reached USD 656,030 = PKR 66,083,330.

Amounts in other bank accounts and cash and prize bonds were in the tens of millions and can be checked from the returns.

The following properties were purchased/identified:

1. Purchased commercial plaza in phase-IV DHA Lahore,
2. An “Any Other Asset” entry was identified as an eight-marla commercial plaza in phase-VI of DHA Lahore,
3. 500 yards plot in DHA Islamabad (Identified. Earlier it was declared as “Any Other Asset” without a description.)

2020:

This year, Ayesha retained all the previous properties and purchased two large farmhouses in Gulberg Greens Islamabad. She also declared Dollar FCA account balance USD 478157.78.

Both new farmhouses were ten Kanal each in sector B of Gulberg Greens Islamabad. Ayesha declared that she had bought one farmhouse for Rs 50,000,000 (and two for Rs 100,000,000). However, the minimum market price of one ten Kanal farmhouse in sector B of Gulberg Greens was Rs 150,000,000. So, two farmhouses would cost Rs 300,000,000 at the minimum. One of these farmhouses was a corner plot at the crossroads of street 9A and street 8. Both farmhouses are adjacent, together with an immense 20 Kanal farmhouse property in the heart of Gulberg. Clearly, this was one of the largest cases of misdeclaration.

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2021:

All properties were retained. Her foreign currency account balance stood at USD 591,831 = PKR 59,846,330.

The market value of assets obtained by Ayesha Amjad during her husband’s six year tenure as army chief:

1. Rs150 million – 10 Kanal Farmhouse, plot 70, street B-9A, Gulberg Greens, Islamabad
2. Rs150 million – 10 Kanal Farmhouse, plot 71, street B-9A, Gulberg Greens, Islamabad
3. Rs187 million – Oasis farmhouse DHA Karachi (advance payment)
4. Rs650 million – Commercial Plaza phase IV DHA Lahore
5. Rs389 million – 8 Marla Commercial Plaza phase VI DHA Lahore
6. Rs70 million – 4 marla commercial plot # C/E/00391, DHA phase 9 Lahore
7. Rs70 million – 4 marla commercial plot # PC/E/00132 DHA Phase 9, Lahore
8. Rs88 million – Apartment 2730 Sq ft in Sukh Chayn Islamabad
9. Rs125 million – 4047 sq ft flat in phase-V of DHA Lahore
10. Rs95 million – 500 yards plot at phase II extension DHA Islamabad
11. Rs90 million – An apartment at PAF Housing Scheme Karachi

And more than 160 million in cash, bonds, ornaments, money in bank accounts, and foreign currency.

Total: 2,224 million (This does NOT include the residential and commercial plots and a large private residence in Rawalpindi given to General Bajwa in his position as an army general and COAS.)

From zero in 2016 to Rs 2.2 billion (declared and known) in simply six years – not including residential plots, commercial plots, and houses given by the army to her husband.

The making of a young Pakistani billionaire

The total worth of a young woman’s declared assets was zero in the last week of October 2018, it jumped to more than one billion (Rs 1271 million) just one week before her marriage on November 02, 2018.

Though Mahnoor Sabir declared these properties to the FBR in 2018, the filing retrospectively stated that these properties were acquired in the tax years 2014, 2015, and 2016. The declarations were made to show that every single property was in fact purchased before November 2016. Why before November 2016? It wasn’t clear at the time but became obvious as time passed. These annual returns, along with the declarations for the tax year 2017, were made on September 14, 2018, and October 23, 2018. Later, declarations for the year 2018 were also submitted on December 17, 2018.

Mahnoor’s properties include 212 Kanal and 12 marlas agricultural land at Mauza Julke Lahore, alongside Ferozepur Road (current market value of Rs 340 million), four eight-marla and three four-marla commercial plots in Phase 7 Sector C of DHA Lahore (current market value: Rs 490 million), one Grand Hayat Islamabad apartment (current market value: Rs 70 million), allocations of eight one-Kanal plots in DHA Gujaranawala (current market value: Rs 72 million) and 15,000 shares in a company incorporated in 2014, La Residence (Pvt) Ltd, with declared value Rs 1.5 million.

Mahnoor also became ‘the manager’ of an oil company, Taxx Petroleum Pakistan, in November 2019. Taxx Petroleum, which is currently registered as an overseas company in Pakistan with its head office in Dubai, was in fact first registered in Pakistan on November 14, 2018, and later registered in the UAE on January 16, 2019. Incorporation documents of the company taken from Pakistan show Sabir “Mithu” Hameed, father of Mahnoor, and his brother Nasir Hameed as directors. However, Taxx Petroleum, which started its operations across the whole of Pakistan within days following its incorporation, is being run by the Mahnoor, Bajwa’s daughter-in-law, from its declared head office in Dubai. Mahnoor’s LinkedIn profile lists her as a senior manager at Taxx Petroleum.

The FIA travel history record of the Hameed brothers shows that Sabir Mithu and Nasir rarely traveled to the UAE, while General Bajwa’s son Saad and his wife Mahnoor used to live in Dubai and would rarely visit Pakistan.

DHA Gujranwala plots – A corrupt practice

It is a common corrupt practice in bureaucratic circles to purchase lands from poor farmers at low prices in areas where the government is planning future development projects. Mahnoor was a teenager at the time the land is being shown in her name. If this land was in her father’s name (Sabir Hameed alias “Mithu”), the plot allocations would have been eventually divided among all Mahnoor’s siblings. This was not the case. The plots were declared in Mahnoor’s name alone nine days before she came to live in the Army House as the wife of Saad Bajwa. Documents, wealth statements, and tax returns establish beyond an iota of doubt that Mahnoor’s father Sabir and her mother Saadia never owned any Gujranwala land/DHA plots.

Sisters of Mahnoor

Mahnoor’s sister Hamna Sabir turned 18 on January 09, 2016. The very first tax return Hamna filed (on May 08, 2018) for the year 2017 shows that she had no physical assets. She possessed only one bank account and some cash. Hamna’s sister Mahnoor, older by two years and five months, had become a billionaire by 2017. Both of them had no source of income. Both have the same parents. How Mahnoor alone suddenly gained dozens of plots and lands in DHA was an unresolved mystery till late 2018.

On December 17, 2018, Hamna submitted her returns for 2018 and declared only one residential plot in sector Z of Phase 7, one commercial plot in sector C of Phase 7 of DHA Lahore, and a plot of 115 Kanal land in Mauza Jhalkay Lahore. This year, she also declared 15,000 shares in La Residence (Pvt) Ltd and became its Chief Executive. Her bank balance was Rs 3,368,625 whereas she has cash of Rs 247,125. Though daughter to the same parents, Hamna continued to have the same assets in the years 2019, 2020, and even 2021 whereas her elder sister Mahnoor not only became a billionaire but her businesses expanded across Pakistan and she started living in and running a business in the UAE.

The very first tax return for Aqaba Sabir, 19, third of the four sisters, was submitted on October 22, 2018, when she was 15, for the year 2017 when her age was 14. Her 2017 tax returns disclosed that in 2016 she had no assets but in 2017 she received three properties as gifts. These properties included one four-marla plot and one eight-marla plot both in sector C, and one eight-marla plot in sector A – all commercial plots in phase 7 of DHA Lahore.

In her tax returns for the year 2018, it was declared that while retaining three commercial properties declared the past year, she had also purchased eight new one-Kanal plots in LDA City (A934 to A941) Lahore, and one two-Kanal plot in DHA (only given address: 84-W, DHA). This year, she also declared 14990 shares in LA Residence Pvt Ltd.

In 2019, when she was 16, it was declared in her tax returns that she had sold her eight-marla commercial plot in sector C of DHA phase 7 for Rs 40 million. She purchased this plot a few months back for Rs 5.6 million and hence made a profit of Rs 30.4 million in this duration. It was declared that she gifted this Rs 40 million money received through the sale of the plot to her mother. Selling this plot and gifting the sale amount resulted in a decrease in her assets. Afterward, her assets remained the same in tax returns for the years 2020 and 2021. (The market value of these assets are same as are mentioned with the assets of other persons in the same areas in this story)

A minor

Tax returns of a minor, 12, the youngest of the three sisters of Mahnoor (name not printed because of her status as a minor), were first submitted on October 22, 2018, when her age was eight. These tax returns were for the year 2017 when her age was seven. Her 2017 returns show that she received five properties as a ‘gift’. These properties included one four-marla plot and one eight-marla plot both in sector C, and one eight-marla plot (DV: 5,000,000) in sector A – all commercial plots in phase 7 of DHA Lahore. The other two gifted properties were residential plots each measuring two-Kanal (82-W, 83-W, DHA Lahore).

For the tax year 2018, while retaining all these five properties, the tax returns of the minor girl showed that she received 14990 shares in the LA Residence Pvt Ltd as a gift.

Saadia Sabir

Mother of these four daughters and wife of Sabir Hameed “Mithu,” Saadia Sabir’s total declared wealth in 2013 was zero. Just like her daughters, she revised her tax returns for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017 in the critical month of October 2018. Her revised declarations were always different from originally submitted declarations. Her declared assets in 2015 include two plots in DHA Lahore and three bank accounts and cash. She also showed eight DHA Lahore plots in the names of her minor daughters. In 2017, there is an increase in assets in her name. She possessed four plots in Lahore along with three bank accounts and some cash. The FBR documents show two plots in the name of one of her daughters. Her wealth statement for the tax year 2017 was revised thrice and the final wealth statement was submitted in October 2018. She retained the same properties in Pakistan in 2019, 2020, and 2021 through the money in her bank accounts kept on increasing.

Foreign Assets: In 2018, Saadia’s assets inside Pakistan were two plots in DHA, Lahore, five bank accounts, and some cash. Along with these properties, Sadia Sabir bought two properties in UAE, worth Rs 254,569,560. She continued to possess these foreign assets in the years 2019, 2020, and 2021.

Sabir Hameed alias “Mithu”

(Father of these four girls and husband of Saadia Sabir)

In 2013, the tax paid by Sabir Hameed was less than one million. In the coming years, he became a billionaire, a powerful property business tycoon of Lahore, and started transferring assets abroad.

FBR documents show that in 2014 Sabir Hameed declared assets included eighteen properties in different areas of Lahore, a business capital of Rs 16 million, a Mercedes Benz, and Rs 152 million in cash. He also showed seven properties as “Any Other Assets” and nine properties as “Assets in Others’ names”.

In line with the family tradition, Sabir also revised his wealth statement for 2014 in 2016.

For the tax year 2015, his properties remained the same. His business capital increased to the value of Rs 22 million, and the number of “Any Other Assets” (assets declared without providing details of the assets) decreased to four.

For the year 2016, tax records show his total number of properties increased to 20, business capital increased to 27 million, and the number of “Any other assets increased to seven.

In the year 2017, the number of properties in his name increased to twenty-two, and business capital increased to Rs 28 million.

2018:

In 2018, Sabir’s daughter married General Bajwa’s eldest son, and in the same year, he started transferring properties abroad. Sabir declared 21 properties in his name, a business capital of Rs 31 million, cash of Rs 78 million, shares in “M/s Dawn Property” of Rs 985 million, La Residence Pvt Ltd Loan of Rs 136.8 million, some shares in Best Venture Ltd, and shares in H.D. Investment amounting to Rs 764 million.

He retained foreign properties of Rs 312 million, a business capital of Rs 510 million, and two bank accounts.

In the year 2019, Sabir Hameed had 20 properties in his name, a business capital of Rs 129 million, an investment of Rs 764 million, cash of Rs 273.2 million, and shares amounting to Rs 210 million.

Foreign properties 2019:

Total assets held outside Pakistan Rs 1,031,310,465

In the year 2020, Sabir declared 20 properties. His business capital amounts to Rs 141 million, an investment of Rs 764 million, and shares worth Rs 217 million.

Foreign properties 2020:

Assets held outside Pakistan ​​worth Rs 312,375,000

In 2021, Sabir declared 26 properties. These are agricultural, commercial, and residential properties in the most expensive areas of Lahore. Other than that he owns shares in land opposite EME housing society, 55 Kanal land in Mouza Thetre, Lahore Cantt, 10 Kanal land in Derta Chahal, and a half share in house 72 K in DHA Lahore. Other than these properties he had business capital of Rs 141million including capital in Dawn Motors, Rashid Filling Station, Capital Dawn Communication, investment of Rs 764 million, two Mercedes Benz and a Lexus, cash of Rs 380.3 million, and an inheritance.

Foreign properties 2021:

Assets held outside Pakistan worth Rs. 1,033,970,266. This also includes bank accounts. The address of the properties in Dubai are as follows:

80.23 SQ, Property No. 3106, Plot No. 156 MTR, – BUILDING NO 2, The Dubai

Mall Residences, Dubai and 135.45 SQ, Property No. 2302, Plot No. 156, MTR, – Building No 2, The Dubai, Mall Residences, Dubai.

Nasir Hameed

Nasir Hameed is Sabir “Mithu” Hameed’s brother and is now an influential and wealthy person in Lahore.

Nasir’s 2014 returns were submitted in March 2016. The wealth statement for this tax year was originally submitted in March 2016–however, continuing the tradition of the extended Bajwa family, a revised wealth statement for this year was submitted in December 2019. This revised statement showed seven agricultural and eleven residential and commercial properties in DHA, Ravi Town, and Gulberg Town. He had a business capital of Rs 12 million and assets of Rs 11 million in the name of his spouse and daughter.

The 2016 wealth statement of Nasir was originally submitted in February 2017 but was revised in December 2019. There was no change in assets.

Nasir’s 2017 wealth statement was originally submitted in December 2017 but later revised in December 2019 and retained almost the same assets.

The 2018 wealth statement shows a similar pattern. It was originally submitted in November 2018 but later revised in December 2019. During this year, Nasir retained the same assets and the only increase was an amount from a prize bond.

Nasir’s 2019 wealth statement shows eight agricultural properties and ten commercial and residential properties in different parts of Lahore including DHA and Gulberg.

The tax records for 2020 show an increase in agricultural properties. Nasir declared ten agricultural properties, ten commercial and residential properties in different parts of Lahore, and a business capital of Rs 12.8 million. Nasir’s 2021 wealth statement showed he had multiple properties worth almost Rs 3 billion and, in addition, he owns several houses of unknown measurement in different parts of Lahore.

The total worth of known assets, properties, and businesses held in Pakistan and abroad runs into tens of billions. However, a careful examination of the minimum possible market value of these properties and businesses in more than Rs12.7 billion. This does not include what General Bajwa has acquired from the government, the army, the DHAs, etc for being a major general, lieutenant general, and as chief of army staff.

Link to article:

https://factfocus.com/politics/2966/

 

[Bewal Express]

Bajwa was being blackmailed over this and probably some video that the dirty witch claimed she had. To save himself he destroyed PK, so this is thoroughly deserved humiliation for the crook who betrayed PK. No doubt this is also linked to the COAS appointment where the Nooras are blackmailing to get another COAS also compromised like this crook.

 

[Mamoon]

Bajwa was being blackmailed over this and probably some video that the dirty witch claimed she had. To save himself he destroyed PK, so this is thoroughly deserved humiliation for the crook who betrayed PK. No doubt this is also linked to the COAS appointment where the Nooras are blackmailing to get another COAS also compromised like this crook.

But PTI supporters claimed that he is honest and a true patriotic. They claimed that the corruption allegations by him are false and manufactured by enemies of the state who cannot digest him and Imran being on the same page.

Bajwa was honest when he supported Imran but now he has become corrupt. The real question - why are PTI supporters so ignorant and wrong about everything?

 

[Cricket-lion]

But PTI supporters claimed that he is honest and a true patriotic. They claimed that the corruption allegations by him are false and manufactured by enemies of the state who cannot digest him and Imran being on the same page.

Bajwa was honest when he supported Imran but now he has become corrupt. The real question - why are PTI supporters so ignorant and wrong about everything?

Wasn't Bajwa appointed by PMLN? Now they have issues with him, can we really trust a political party that is wrong every time?

 

[Bewal Express]

But PTI supporters claimed that he is honest and a true patriotic. They claimed that the corruption allegations by him are false and manufactured by enemies of the state who cannot digest him and Imran being on the same page.

Bajwa was honest when he supported Imran but now he has become corrupt. The real question - why are PTI supporters so ignorant and wrong about everything?

Just like you claimed NS and his daughter were anti establishment. How did that work out? Or just like you claimed NS was ill and IK was trying to kill him? Remember your Internet diagnosis? Or just like SS would make a good PM, how did that work out?

 

[mazkhan]

I now firmly believe usa has the ability to take our nukes they most likely have access to the codes kill switches or understanding with the sellout officer class to remove the nukes if any anti usa coas or goverment comes into power .

 

[ex-q-zit]

I now firmly believe usa has the ability to take our nukes they most likely have access to the codes kill switches or understanding with the sellout officer class to remove the nukes if any anti usa coas or goverment comes into power .

Though US is strategically allied with India and Pakistan with China, US-Pak will always have a key love-hate relationship which neither will let go completely. No COAS will ever be completely anti-US as they militarily depend on US Aid. Depending on chinese weapons will be futile as we al know the quality of chinese products. US too will not distance themselves from Pak completely due to the key geographical location of Pak.

 

[Major]

ahh and pti fans used to defend bajwa and attack noorani.. )

 

[Bewal Express]

ahh and pti fans used to defend bajwa and attack noorani.. )

Noorani has nothing to do with this. He just lent his name to the article- look at NS and the crooked witch for this revenge. And BTW Noorani was exposed as a liar on CJP Nisar, something so blatantly faked that only a total tool would believe it. Didn't you believe him? Lol

 

[Major]

Noorani has nothing to do with this. He just lent his name to the article- look at NS and the crooked witch for this revenge. And BTW Noorani was exposed as a liar on CJP Nisar, something so blatantly faked that only a total tool would believe it. Didn't you believe him? Lol

what proof or source do you have taht a journalist is lending his name?

interestingly, bajwa corruption took place under Imran Khans "watch".

 

[Major]

Wasn't Bajwa appointed by PMLN? Now they have issues with him, can we really trust a political party that is wrong every time?

) the u-turn here by pti fans.

 

[Bewal Express]

what proof or source do you have taht a journalist is lending his name?

interestingly, bajwa corruption took place under Imran Khans "watch".

And you believe that he did all this himself. Just like you believed that he put all the fake CJP tape together. I wish I has your simplicity.

 

[Bewal Express]

what proof or source do you have taht a journalist is lending his name?

interestingly, bajwa corruption took place under Imran Khans "watch".

As you are in power, when is the court case taking place.

 

[saeedhk]

PTI defended Asim Bajwa's pizza wealth while PML-N is defending Qamar Bajwa and his family's ill-gotten loot. Every political party sucks up to the military for their own interests. Nobody is sincere in taking on the establishment and milting their role in politics and holding them accountable.

 

[moghul]

Sharifs nd Zardari/Bhuttos are world class corrupts but people like Bajwa and other generals are in a league of their own.

 

[JimmyGetsBuckets]

What is gonna happen to Bajwa after these allegations?

 

[shortbread]

PTI defended Asim Bajwa's pizza wealth while PML-N is defending Qamar Bajwa and his family's ill-gotten loot. Every political party sucks up to the military for their own interests. Nobody is sincere in taking on the establishment and milting their role in politics and holding them accountable.

Precisely! It's very naive to think Bajwa is the first and last establishment elite to retire with unwarranted amounts of wealth, it's simply perks of the trade. Every single one in the top ranks accumulate massive amounts of wealth and spend their retired life abroad.... it's 'established' tradition.

 

[ex-q-zit]

Gen Bajwa says Pak Army’s patience to ongoing smear campaign may not be unlimited

Islamabad, Nov 23 (PTI) Just days before his retirement, Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday warned that the army’s patience to the ongoing smear campaign against it may not be unlimited and asked all political leaders to set aside their ego, learn from past mistakes and move forward.

He also dismissed claims that there was a foreign conspiracy to topple the previous government and asserted that the army would not have sat idle to let it happen if there was such a conspiracy.

Gen Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking another extension.

Addressing the Defence and Martyrs’ Day ceremony in Rawalpindi to pay tribute to martyrs, Gen Bajwa also extended an olive branch to those targeting the army by saying that “I want to move forward by forgetting it” and urged all stakeholders to move ahead by learning lessons from the past mistakes.

The Defence and Martyrs’ Day is observed annually on September 6 but it was delayed this year due to the devastating floods that hit the country around that time.

“I can assure you that there was no foreign conspiracy; the army would not have sit idle to let it happen if there was such a conspiracy,” he said, adding that a “fake and false narrative was built to malign the army” and those behind the narrative were trying to escape from it.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

The powerful general said that the “army would have reacted to the (harsh) criticism but it showed patience” against the unending smear campaign, and hastened to add that “there is a limit to patience”.

ThePrint

 

[gazza619]

What is gonna happen to Bajwa after these allegations?

Nothing. He will live a happy retired life.

 

[Savak]

Gen Bajwa says Pak Army’s patience to ongoing smear campaign may not be unlimited

Islamabad, Nov 23 (PTI) Just days before his retirement, Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday warned that the army’s patience to the ongoing smear campaign against it may not be unlimited and asked all political leaders to set aside their ego, learn from past mistakes and move forward.

He also dismissed claims that there was a foreign conspiracy to topple the previous government and asserted that the army would not have sat idle to let it happen if there was such a conspiracy.

Gen Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking another extension.

Addressing the Defence and Martyrs’ Day ceremony in Rawalpindi to pay tribute to martyrs, Gen Bajwa also extended an olive branch to those targeting the army by saying that “I want to move forward by forgetting it” and urged all stakeholders to move ahead by learning lessons from the past mistakes.

The Defence and Martyrs’ Day is observed annually on September 6 but it was delayed this year due to the devastating floods that hit the country around that time.

“I can assure you that there was no foreign conspiracy; the army would not have sit idle to let it happen if there was such a conspiracy,” he said, adding that a “fake and false narrative was built to malign the army” and those behind the narrative were trying to escape from it.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan was ousted from power in April after losing a no-confidence vote in his leadership, which he alleged was part of a US-led conspiracy targeting him because of his independent foreign policy decisions on Russia, China and Afghanistan.

The powerful general said that the “army would have reacted to the (harsh) criticism but it showed patience” against the unending smear campaign, and hastened to add that “there is a limit to patience”.

ThePrint

Blah Blah, Pak army turned on Bhutto against the US in 1977 and did the same against IK in 2022. Bajwa should remember Musharraf's current state and he was perhaps the most powerful figure in Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. Everyone has to answer above eventually.

 

[Cricket-lion]

Blah Blah, Pak army turned on Bhutto against the US in 1977 and did the same against IK in 2022. Bajwa should remember Musharraf's current state and he was perhaps the most powerful figure in Pakistan from 1999 to 2008. Everyone has to answer above eventually.

I am curious to know/ find out whether General Bajwa will continue to live in Pakistan

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Zero to billion rupees in a week: Pakistan Army chief's daughter-in-law became a billionaire days before her marriage

Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Ahmed Bajwa's daughter-in-law Mahnoor Sabir became a billionaire just nine days before her marriage while the wealth of her other three sisters remained the same, reported Fact Focus.

ccording to the Pakistan-based fact-checker, Mahnoor's declared assets were zero in the last week of October 2018 but her net worth skyrocketed to over a billion rupees in the first week of November 2018. She married the Pakistani Army chief's son Saad Bajwa on November 2, 2018.

The Fact Focus claimed that Mahnoor Sabir received back-dated allocations of eight Defence Housing Authority (DHA) plots in Gujranwala on October 23, 2018, nine days before her marriage, something only possible if one has ownership of land acquired by the DHA.

On the same day in 2018, she also became an owner of a Grand Hyatt apartment located in Islamabad again in the back dates of 2015. Though Mahnoor declared these properties in 2018, the filing retrospectively stated that these properties were acquired in the tax years 2014, 2015, and 2016.

The declarations were made to show that every single property was in fact purchased before November 2016. These annual returns, along with the declarations for the tax year 2017, were made on September 14, 2018, and October 23, 2018. Later, declarations for the year 2018 were also submitted on December 17, 2018.

Mahnoor Sabir's assets

212 Kanal and 12 marlas agricultural land at Mauza Julke, Lahore (current market value of Rs 34 crore)

Four 8-marla and three 4-marla commercial plots in Phase 7 Sector C of DHA, Lahore (Rs 49 crore)

One Grand Hyatt, Islamabad apartment (Rs 7 crore)

Allocations of eight 1-kanal plots in DHA, Gujaranawala (Rs 7.2 crore)

15,000 shares in a company incorporated in 2014, La Residence (Pvt) Ltd, with declared value Rs 15 lakh.

Positions held

Mahnoor holds the position of the manager of an oil company, Taxx Petroleum Pakistan, in November 2019. Taxx Petroleum, which is currently registered as an overseas company in Pakistan with its head office in Dubai, was in fact first registered in Pakistan on November 14, 2018, and later registered in the UAE on January 16, 2019.

MSN

I am sure this is not even the tip of the iceberg.

 

[Cricket-lion]

I am sure this is not even the tip of the iceberg.

I think these are only declared assets. Please do correct me if I am wrong.

 

[daytrader]

COAS, FAMILY TAX DETAILS LEAK: PROBE FINDS TWO FBR OFFICERS ‘GUILTY’

ISLAMABAD: Two Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officers have been removed from their posts over their alleged involvement in the leak of Army chief (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, family’s income tax details, ARY News reported, citing sources on Friday.

Following the leaking of tax details, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar directed the SAPM on Revenue Mr. Tariq Mehmood Pasha to personally lead an immediate investigation into the violation of tax law and breach of FBR data, affix responsibility and submit a report at the earliest.

According to the initial report, Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue, Atif Nawaz Waraich and DC Inland Revenue Zahoor Ahmed have been removed from their posts in the light of the report’s findings.

Sources say the COAS, family’s tax details were leaked through their login and password.

Further investigation from the FBR officers is underway under Income Tax Ordinance Section 198 and 2016.

It may be noted that Finance Minister, last week, took strong notice of the illegal and unwarranted leakage of tax information of the COAS and his family members.

According to the statement released by the Finance Ministry, Ishaq Dar said leaking tax information is a sheer violation as the law ensures the confidentiality of tax information.

ARY

 

[umerz]

PTI defended Asim Bajwa's pizza wealth while PML-N is defending Qamar Bajwa and his family's ill-gotten loot. Every political party sucks up to the military for their own interests. Nobody is sincere in taking on the establishment and milting their role in politics and holding them accountable.

Exactly that is the problem with our political parties. All of them while in opposition speak the truth against establishment while in power they defend them. They should be together for one single cause if they decide to keep establishment out of politics

 

[saeedhk]

Pakistan is the only nation in the world where people are punished for exposing or reporting corruption and crime. Two FBR officials who leaked Bajwa and family’s tax returns have been sacked.

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan is the only nation in the world where people are punished for exposing or reporting corruption and crime. Two FBR officials who leaked Bajwa and family’s tax returns have been sacked.

This is the Sharif method - the DNA cannot be eliminated.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Bajwa has built his future in Europe.. He will be enjoying his lavish life there.

 

[daytrader]

‘MISLEADING, BLATANT LIES’: ISPR SLAMS TAX RECORDS PROPAGANDA AGAINST COAS GEN BAJWA

RAWALPINDI: The military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday rubbished nefarious campaign launched against Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family related to their tax records.

In a statement, the ISPR said that the reports were “totally untrue and based on blatant lies”.

“Misleading data regarding the assets of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family have been shared on social media. These misleading figures are exaggerated and based on assumption,” the ISPR said.

The military’s media wing said that a certain group has “cleverly and dishonestly” attributed the assets of General Bajwa’s daughter-in-law’s father and family to the army chief and his family.

“An incorrect impression is being created that these assets were created by army chief General Bajwa’s family during his six-year tenure. It is totally untrue, based on blatant lies and malice,” said the ISPR.

The ISPR assured that all the assets of the army chief, his wife and his family have been declared to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

“Army chief and his family regularly file tax return. Like every citizen, the army chief and his family are accountable to the tax authorities for their assets,” said the ISPR.

People behind leak identified: Dar
Earlier this week, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar took notice of the “illegal and unwarranted” leakage of tax information of Gen Bajwa’s family members.

According to the statement released by the Finance Ministry, Ishaq Dar said leaking tax information is a sheer violation as the law ensures the confidentiality of tax information.

According to the FBR laws, the details, documents or declarations of the taxpayers should be kept confidential and leaking them is a violation of the law.

FBR widens probe into tax record leak
The Federal Board Revenue (FBR) on Saturday included three more income tax officers in the investigation of leaked tax record details of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family.

Sources said that FBR will carry out an investigation from the chief commissioner, commissioner and additional commissioner in connection with the leaked tax record details of Gen Bajwa and his family.

The leaked tax details were downloaded from the deputy commissioner Lahore’s login and then pictures were captured from the deputy commissioner’s computer, sources said.

ARY

 

[Abstraction1]

Absolutely disgusting if things true.

 

[Abstraction1]

ahh and pti fans used to defend bajwa and attack noorani.. )

Someone has allegedly rinsed the nations finances and you're here looking for petty points online
Are you really the best your mum and dad could do?

 

[Bewal Express]

Bajwa getting humiliated by the people who he put in charge. Karma is *****

 

[shortbread]

Bajwa has built his future in Europe.. He will be enjoying his lavish life there.

Establishment superiors have always retired abroad, preferably US, otherwise Europe or the Middle east! Create ones empire when in service, bleed the system dry and then leave the country..... this is 'established' tradition, Bajwa isn't the first and he won't be the last!

 

[MenInG]

Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday accused former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of giving “NRO-2” — a reference to amnesty granted by former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf – to incumbent rulers.

“The first NRO was granted by General Musharraf and the second one was given by the one who was in power,” he said while addressing a press conference in Lahore.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2390625/imran-accuses-gen-bajwa-of-giving-nro-2-to-thieves

 

[Bewal Express]

Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday accused former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of giving “NRO-2” — a reference to amnesty granted by former military ruler Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf – to incumbent rulers.

“The first NRO was granted by General Musharraf and the second one was given by the one who was in power,” he said while addressing a press conference in Lahore.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2390625/imran-accuses-gen-bajwa-of-giving-nro-2-to-thieves

Bajwa has been disgraced but his terrible legacy of destroying all semblance of law and order will have a devastating impact for decades. I hope the crook rots in hell for his betrayal.

 

[MenInG]

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s Anti-Corruption Circle (ACC) has recorded the statements of three suspects, arrested in connection with the income tax data leak of former army chief retired Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, ARY News reported.

According to details, the arrested suspects recorded the statement before a duty magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPc).

 

[MenInG]

Banana Republic.

Journalist in jail for doing investigative journalism

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A local court in Islamabad on Saturday approved a two-day physical remand of Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam, who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Lahore earlier in the day for his alleged part in leaking personal tax data of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa.

A report by investigative news website FactFocus — which describes itself as a “Pakistan-based digital media news organisation working on data-based investigative news stories — had in November published a report, accusing the army chief and his family of amassing assets worth Rs12.7 billion over the past six years.

The report cited tax records and wealth statements of the Bajwa family to corroborate its claims about the alleged accumulation of assets by the family inside and outside Pakistan.

Taking a notice of the report, the finance minister had said that the leak was “clearly violative of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides”.

 

[Cricket-lion]

Banana Republic.

Journalist in jail for doing investigative journalism

==

A local court in Islamabad on Saturday approved a two-day physical remand of Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam, who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Lahore earlier in the day for his alleged part in leaking personal tax data of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa.

A report by investigative news website FactFocus — which describes itself as a “Pakistan-based digital media news organisation working on data-based investigative news stories — had in November published a report, accusing the army chief and his family of amassing assets worth Rs12.7 billion over the past six years.

The report cited tax records and wealth statements of the Bajwa family to corroborate its claims about the alleged accumulation of assets by the family inside and outside Pakistan.

Taking a notice of the report, the finance minister had said that the leak was “clearly violative of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides”.

Yes, how dare he leak tax returns

 

[Bewal Express]

Banana Republic.

Journalist in jail for doing investigative journalism

==

A local court in Islamabad on Saturday approved a two-day physical remand of Bol News journalist Shahid Aslam, who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from Lahore earlier in the day for his alleged part in leaking personal tax data of former army chief General (retired) Qamar Javed Bajwa.

A report by investigative news website FactFocus — which describes itself as a “Pakistan-based digital media news organisation working on data-based investigative news stories — had in November published a report, accusing the army chief and his family of amassing assets worth Rs12.7 billion over the past six years.

The report cited tax records and wealth statements of the Bajwa family to corroborate its claims about the alleged accumulation of assets by the family inside and outside Pakistan.

Taking a notice of the report, the finance minister had said that the leak was “clearly violative of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides”.

And if they dig deeper they will find that it was Nooras that gave the information as they took revenge on Bajwa for NS ouster in 2017. They wanted him to interfere and force the SC to backdown.

 

[MenInG]

Normal stuff under PDM:

==

Three individuals accused of leaking the data of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa’s family have alleged that they were “forced” to record a statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

They requested the judicial magistrate to record their statement again as the previous statement had their thumbprints “forcibly affixed”.

Express Tribune

 

[MenInG]

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has asserted that he was on same page with former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, till the later demanded an NRO for the ‘political opponents’, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

Addressing a press conference via video link, the former premier said that the then-government and Establishment were on the same page during the coronavirus pandemic and the “world lauded our policies’.

Imran Khan said that the ties with Gen Bajwa strained when the latter demanded an NRO for the ‘political opponents’. “The former army chief was against the accountability drive as he demanded an NRO and changes in National Accountability Bureau (NAB),” he alleged.

 

[MenInG]

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa and former Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) Director-General Lieutenant-General Faiz Hameed had been “facilitating” PTI Chairman Imran Khan until their retirements last year.

Talking on Geo News’ programme “Naya Pakistan” last night, the minister said: “[…] Gen Bajwa or Gen Faiz Hamid used to facilitate him — this fact is clear as day.” His comments followed party Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s assertions on Thursday when she said the government’s rule “began on November 28”, the day of Gen Bajwa’s retirement.

 

[Bewal Express]

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that former army chief retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa and former Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) Director-General Lieutenant-General Faiz Hameed had been “facilitating” PTI Chairman Imran Khan until their retirements last year.

Talking on Geo News’ programme “Naya Pakistan” last night, the minister said: “[…] Gen Bajwa or Gen Faiz Hamid used to facilitate him — this fact is clear as day.” His comments followed party Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz’s assertions on Thursday when she said the government’s rule “began on November 28”, the day of Gen Bajwa’s retirement.

This is another desperate attempt to look anti establishment when it's the establishment that created NS, kept him out of jail and sent him our of jail and onto Foreign shores. So Rana you coward, Javed Latif claimed the Nooras were forced to take power, so coward who forced you? Aliens?

 

[MenInG]

As the Senate on Friday unanimously adopted recommendations on the Money Bill to amend certain laws relating to taxes and duties through the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023, a call was given in the house to do away with perks for judges, generals and lawmakers as a step towards steering the country out of economic quagmire.

Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmad, on a point of order, waved a document in the air and read it out. A retired judge gets around Rs1 million a month in pension, in addition to 2,000 free electricity units, 300 litres of free petrol and free phone calls worth Rs3,000, though there was no room for this luxury lifestyle, he said.

While highlighting the need to bring ‘protocol culture’ to an end, the senator said 60 bulletproof luxury vehicles were in use of cabinet members only, while ‘other bigwigs’ have vehicles which consume as much as oil a truck consumes.

According to him, as many as 150,000 official vehicles are filled with free petrol. He was of the opinion there should be no free electricity, gas or petrol for anybody.

DAWN