Times of Islamabad

Federal government orders probe into COAS Bajwa family tax and assets leaks from FBR

Federal government orders probe into COAS Bajwa family tax and assets leaks from FBR

ISLAMABAD – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has ordered an investigation aftertaking notice of the leak of the tax records of Chief of Army Staff (COAS)General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s family members.

The finance chief, who belongs to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),called the leakage of tax information of the family members of Army ChiefGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa, a clear violation of confidentiality of taxinformation.

Dar directed Prime Minister’s aide on Revenue, Tariq Mehmood, to personallylead the investigation into the violation of tax law and breach of FBRdata, affix responsibility, and submit a report in a day.

The government launched a probe a day after an exclusive report ofFactFocus which revealed that assets of the outgoing chief increasedmanifold in recent times.

Investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani, in his reportlink, revealed business ventures andclaimed that the total worth of known assets runs more than Rs12 billion.