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sortium of Investigative Jour- tered by him on a different ad- propel Imran Khan to power aide of then-president Pervez
nalists. dress and denied any role of the three years ago. Musharraf.
The documents revealed on premier in this regard.” In 2007, Pakistani Gener- The document has also re-
Sunday more than 700 Pakistani According to the ICIJ, Paki- al Shafaat Ullah Shah’s wife vealed many key military leaders
names. Among those whose stan’s elites use of offshore ser- acquired a $1.2 million apart- of Pakistan and intergeneration-
holdings have been exposed are vices that rivals the findings of ment in London through a al wealth transfer. The findings
Khan’s finance minister, Shau- the Panama Papers, which led discreet offshore transaction. offer a portrait of an unaccount-
kat Fayaz Ahmed Tarin, and his to Sharif’s downfall and helped Notably, he had been a close able military elite with extensive
family, and the son of Khan’s personal and family offshore
former adviser for finance and holdings. Pakistan Prime Minis-
revenue, Waqar Masood Khan. ter is surrounded with people -
The records also reveal the off- cabinet ministers and their fam-
shore dealings of a top PTI do- ilies, donors and other political
nor, Arif Naqvi, who is facing allies - who have holdings hid-
fraud charges in the US, accord- den offshore, according to ICIJ.
ing to ICIJ. Pakistan’s Finance Minis-
Pakistan’s civilian govern- ter Shaukat Tarin and some
ment and military leaders who members of his family own
have been hiding vast amounts four offshore companies. Omer
of wealth in a country plagued Bakhtyar, the brother of Khan’s
by widespread poverty and tax minister for industries, Makh-
avoidance, said ICIJ. According dum Khusro Bakhtyar, trans-
to ARY News, “the owner of ferred a $1 million apartment
two offshore companies regis- in the Chelsea area of London
tered at a similar address as of to his elderly mother through
Prime Minister Imran Khan has Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (ANI) an offshore company in 2018, as
revealed that they were regis- per ICIJ.

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