Islamabad: Pandora’s paper release which contains the names of victories near Imran Khan has ruffled Pakistani politics and triggered calls for the resignation of the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The published news document has revealed the names of 700 Pakistani individuals and members of the Cabinet Prime Minister Imran Khan, inner circle, including the Cabinet Minister, their families, who secretly have various companies holding millions of dollars in hidden wealth, according to the International Consortium.
Journalist Investigation (ICIJ).
Among those whose ownership has been exposed to the Minister of Finance of Khan, Shaiukat Fauz Ahmed Tarin, and his family, and the son of the former Khan advisory for finance and income, Waqar Masood Khan.
Note also revealed offshore transactions from Top PTI donors, Arif Naqvi, facing charges of fraud in the US, ICIJ said.
Members of the Pakistani Opposition Muslim League Party called for Imran Khan’s resignation on Sunday after Pandora’s paper publication.
Forced in the back leg, Imran Khan on Sunday said on Twitter that his government would investigate all citizens mentioned in Pandora’s letters.
“My government will investigate all our citizens mentioned in Pandora letters & if there are mistakes set, we will take the appropriate action.
I called the international community to treat this gravey injury to the crisis of climate change,” Khan tweeted.
According to ICIJ reports, the civilian government and Pakistani military leaders have hidden large amounts of wealth in a country hit by expanding poverty and tax avoidance.
ICIJ said the Pakistani elite used offshore services that rivaled Panama’s findings, which caused Sharif’s fall and helped encourage Imran Khan to power three years ago.
Wahyu is part of Pandora’s letter, a new global investigation into the shadow offshore financial system that allows multinational companies, rich, famous and strong to avoid taxes and protect their wealth.
This probe is based on more than 11.9 million secret files from 14 offshore service companies leaking into international consortium journalists investigating and sharing with 150 news organizations throughout the world, according to ICIJ.
The document has revealed many major Pakistani military leaders and intergenerational wealth transfers.
These findings offer a portrait of military elites that are not responsible for the ownership of offshore private and extensive families.
Pakistani Prime Minister is surrounded by cabinet and family ministers, donors and other political allies – who have a hidden ownership off the coast, according to ICIJ.
Pakistani Finance Minister Shaiukat Tarin and several family members have four offshore companies.
Omer Bakhlesyar, Minister of Khan for the industry, Makhdum Khusro Bakhlesyar, transfers USD 1 million apartments in the Chelsea area in London to his elderly mother through an offshore company in 2018.
Faisal Vawda, former Minister of Water Khan to establish an offshore company in 2012 to invest in 2012 British property.
He resigned in March amid controversy over his status as a dual US-Pakistan national.
Imran Khan’s financial supporters prominent in the leak document, according to ICIJ.
Release Pandora Papers Political Ruffles Pakistan
