ISLAMABAD: Several prominent political figures as well as government officials, including Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan, own benami properties in Dubai, a report submitted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to the Supreme Court revealed on Friday, a private TV channel reported.
Government’s spokesperson on economy and energy issues Farrukh Saleem’s mother, Senator Taj Afridi and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Faheem’s widow are also on the list, according to the report.
Notices have been dispatched to all the individuals involved in acquiring properties in the name of someone else. Aleema Khan’s servant, however, informed the FIA that she was currently abroad. To which, the notice was sent to her via email.
According to the report, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Mumtaz Muslim owns 16 properties and former PPP minister Amin Faheem’s widow Rizwana Ameen owns four properties in United Arab Emirates. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) former senator Anwar Baig’s wife owns an apartment. Names of Mir Hassan Talpur and former senator Ammar Khan are also on the list.
Among other individuals, singer Adnan Sami Khan’s mother Noreen Sami Khan owns three properties while customs collector Shahid Majeed, FBR officer Wasif Khan, former PIA MD Ijaz Haroon’s wife, daughters of former military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf’s former secretary Tariq Aziz, DIG Suhail Habib Tajik, politician Zakim Khan, government official Agha Masood Abbas, Irshad Ahmed of Zarai Taraqiati Bank, and customs collector Wahid Khurshid’s wife also own properties in Dubai.
Published in Daily Times, October 27th 2018.
