PANAMA: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) received 11.5 million leaked documents from the Panama based law related firm indicting thousands of law makers, politicians, businessmen, artists and others in fraudulent and tax evasion practices.
A huge scandal around the globe since the 2.6 terra byte data is still to be verified again has already instigated hatred against several countries. However, Pakistan has been no different.
A total of 220 Pakistanis are said to be revealed through these documents however ICIJ has only revealed some parts of the files and more would come in May 2016. So far from the data collected since 1977, has revealed Pakistani activity after 1990.
Pakistani Politicians in Panama Leaks:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in trouble due to 9 companies under the Sharif family name. People indicted through these files are;
Hassan Nawaz
Hussain Nawaz
Maryam Nawaz
Similarly more directly related to Punjab Chief Minister and brother of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s family through 7 companies.
Samina Durrani
Ilyas Mehraj
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had only One company in the leak however her close relatives and others have been indicted for more, listed as following;
Nephew Hassan Ali Jaffery
Javed Pasha, Close friend of Asif Ali Zardari (4 companies)
PPP Senator Rehman Malik (1 company)
PPP Senator Osman Saifullah’s family (34 companies)
Anwar Saifullah
Salim Saifullah
Humayun Saifullah
Iqbal Saifullah
Javed Saifullah
Jehangir Saifullah
Chaudharies of Gujrat have also not been indicted in person however the following list of relatives surfaced:
Waseem Gulzar
Zain Sukhera (co-accused with former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s son in the Hajj scandal)
Pakistani Businessmen in Panama Leaks:
Real Estate Czar Malik Riaz Hussain’s son (Bahria Town)
Ahmad Ali Riaz (1 company)
Chairman ABM Group of Companies Azam Sultan (5 companies)
Pizza Hut owner Aqeel Hussain and family (1 company)
Brother Tanwir Hassan
Chairman Soorty Enterprise Abdul Rashid Soorty and family
Sultan Ali Allana, Chairman of Habib Bank Limited (1 company)
Khawaja Iqbal Hassan, former NIB bank President (1 company)
Bashir Ahmed and Javed Shakoor of Buxly Paints (1 company)
Mehmood Ahmed of Berger Paints (1 company)
Hotel tycoon Sadruddin Hashwani and family (3 companies)
Murtaza Haswani
Owner of Hilton Pharma, Shehbaz Yasin Malik and family (1 company)
The Hussain Dawood family (2 companies)
Shahzada Dawood
Abdul Samad Dawood
Partner Saad Raja
The Abdullah family of Sapphire Textiles (5 companies)
Yousuf Abdullah and his wife
Muhammad Abdullah and his wife
Shahid Abdullah and his family
Nadeem Abdullah and family
Amer Abdullah and family
Gul Muhammad Tabba of Lucky Textiles
Shahid Nazir, CEO of Masood Textile Mills (1 company)
Partner Naziya Nazir
Zulfiqar Ali Lakhani, from Lakson Group and owner of Colgate-Palmolive, Tetley Clover and Clover Pakistan (1 company)
Zulfiqar Paracha and family of Universal Corporation (1 company)
Pakistani Judges in Panama Leaks:
Serving Lahore High Court Judge Justice Farrukh Irfan
Retired Judge Malik Qayyum
Pakistani Media personnel in Panama Leaks:
Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman of GEO and Jang Group (1 company)
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) have decided to initiate an inquiry into the Pakistanis involved in the Panama Paper leaks. Top NAB officials are discussing the matter and a full scale investigation may be on the cards.
Political parties of opposition and Lt-Gen Raheel Sharif have responded on the said burning issue and Chairman of PTI has demanded a powerful enquiry under the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif must resign before any independent enquiry.
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