The Pakistan Army Media wing ISPR denied the claims being made on social media related to the assets of outgoing Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family and called them ‘Blatant Lies’
“Misleading data regarding the assets of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family have been shared on social media. These misleading figures are exaggerated and based on assumption,” the military’s media wing said in a statement released on Sunday.
The statement said that a specific group has very “cleverly and dishonestly” associated the assets of General Bajwa’s daughter-in-law’s father and family with the army chief and his family.
“An incorrect impression is being created that these assets were created by army chief General Bajwa’s family during his six-year tenure. It is totally untrue, based on blatant lies and malice,” the statement read.
The Military’s media wing assured that all the assets of the army chief, his wife and his family have been declared to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
“Army chief and his family regularly file a tax return. Like every citizen, the army chief and his family are accountable to the tax authorities for their assets,” it added.
Earlier this week, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar took notice of the “illegal and unwarranted” leakage of tax information of Gen Bajwa’s family members.
“This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides,” a statement from the Finance Division had read. Given this serious lapse on the part of to-date unknown functionaries, Dar had directed Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Revenue Tariq Mehmood Pasha to personally lead the probe, affix responsibility, and submit a report within 24 hours.
Remember that COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa going to retire by the 29th of November after his 6years tenure the command changing ceremony will be held at GHQ on 29th November 2022 where COAS General Bajwa will officially handover the Command of the Pakistan Army to the newly appointed COAS General Munir.
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