Summary ECP says political finance wing unable to tackle documented discrepancies regarding assets' worth
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Authorities at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) were left puzzled after coming across the actual worth of the assets owned by the Parliamentarians versus that provided by them in documented form, reported Dunya News.
Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif has a building to his name in Jatti Umra but its value in the assets declared by him is Rs 4 million.
Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad owns a shop in Sarafa Bazar, Rawalpindi, worth millions however the documented value is Rs 1.65 million.
Likewise, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Syed Khurshid Shah has declared that the 100 acre land he owns is worth Rs 2.5 million and that he has a house in Sukkur the documented value of which is Rs 1.1 million.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s residential plot is valued at around Rs 7 hundred thousand whereas his house in Dera Ismail Khan is worth Rs 1.5 million.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal has documented his 4 kanal house in Narowal to be around Rs 1.1 million. Similarily, Khawaja Saad Rafique has valued half of his residential house near Lahori Gate to be around Rs 125 thousand only.
Federal Minister Sheikh Aftab owns a petrol pump in Attock, its documented value is Rs 1.65 million. The value of the flat owned by Minister for Kashmir Affairs Barjees Tahir is documented at Rs 1.5 million.
According to ECP officials, its political finance wing is there however no law has been made in order to cater such discrepancies.
