Report: Gen Bajwa's family became billionaires in 6 years of his tenure

Pakistan’s outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s extended family became billionaires after he took command of the military in 2016, accumulating assets and businesses of over Rs 12.7 billion within and outside the country over the past six years, said a report published on investigative website FactsFocus.

- Omer Farooq Khan

Islamabad: 

The report prompted finance minister Ishaq Dar to take notice on Monday of the “illegal and unwarranted” leak of tax records of Gen Bajwa’s family members. He directed Tariq Mehmood Pasha, PM Shehbaz Sharif ’s special assistant on revenue, to lead an investigation into the violation of tax laws, breach of federal revenue data, affix responsibility and submit a report within 24 hours. Citing annual tax returns and wealth statements of Gen Bajwa’s family from 2013 to 2021, the report claimed that his wife Ayesha Amjad wasn’t filing any tax returns when he became a lieutenant general