When the first list of how much tax was paid by politicians was published, it was found that almost one-third of the MNAs did not pay a single rupee of tax while several paid taxes which were less than what a commoner pays.
FBR has now published its fourth “Parliamentarians Tax Directory” today. The list details the amount of income tax paid by all 1010 Pakistani parliamentarians (MNAs, MPAs, Senators etc.).
It must be mentioned that there are still some parliamentarians who are yet to submit their tax returns and have been allowed an extra month to do so.
This directory contains information for the tax year 2016 i.e. the one that ended on 30 June 2016.
Some notable politicians and there income tax returns have been listed below:
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif – Rs. 2,524,213
Jahangir Khan Tareen – Rs. 53,677,426
Pervaiz Rasheed – Rs. 137,271
Mian Muhammad Sharif – Rs. 9,531,060
Syed Murad Ali Shah – Rs. 743,471
Sirajul Haq – Rs. 34,941
Molana Fazal Ur Rehman – Rs. 50,181
Imran Khan – Rs. 159,609
Syed Khurshid Ahmed Shah – Rs. 124,215
Mushahid Ullah Khan – Rs. 11,313
Asad Umar – Rs. 6,368,864
Pervaiz Khattak – Rs. 813,869
Nisar Ali Khan – Rs. 1,192,618
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed – Rs. 505,966
Pervaiz Ellahi – Rs. 1,482,588
Khawaja Mohammad Asif – Rs. 831,986
Ahsan Iqbal – Rs. 82,440
Ali Muhammad Khan – Rs. 65,686
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq – Rs. 104,853
Khawaja Saad Rafique – Rs. 3,983,491
Faryal Talpur – Rs. 1,903,571
Mehmood Khan Achakzai – Rs. 17,470
Anusha Rahman Ahmad Khan – Rs. 97,906
Marriyum Aurangzeb – Rs. 50,181
Dr Shireen Mehrunnisa Mazari – Rs. 1,347,054
Murad Saeed – Rs. 34,941
Rana Sana Ullah Khan – Rs. 1,228,936
Syed Qaim Ali Shah – Rs. 51,579
Dr Muhammad Farooq Sattar – Rs. 39,758
Mohammad Ishaq Dar – Rs. 4,617,328
The highest amount of tax was paid by Jahangir Khan Tareen (Rs. 53,677,426). The lowest amount of tax was paid by Fayaz Ali Butt (Rs. 1,095 only).
We leave the rest to our readers to decide whether the income taxes paid by the politicians are enough to justify their income from personal businesses, everyday expenses and even salaries from foreign jobs.
The complete list of all parliamentarians can be viewed
http://download1.fbr.gov.pk/Docs/201772 ... ns2016.pdf[
