Disclose Dar’s assets? Seriously?

Finance Ministry rejects PTI’s appeal to disclose Dar’s assets

Ministry of Finance has rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) demand of disclosing the assets and income sources of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.

The spokesman of the ministry said that demanding the same thing again is mere “mischief mongering, height of ignorance and harping on the same string”.

He said that Dar, in his letter to PTI chief Imran Khan, had categorically stated that details of all his sources of income and assets have been regularly reported in his tax returns which he filed with the Federal Board of Revenue.

“Details of his assets are also annually filed with Election Commission of Pakistan, which makes the same public through gazette notification and anybody can access this information and details,” the spokesman added.

The spokesman said that it is once again clarified that contrary to Imran Khan’s claim that Ishaq Dar is sending money to his sons in Dubai, the finance minister has in fact received money from his sons through proper banking channels. “The money was sent in settlement of loans given by Dar to his sons, out of his professional earnings abroad during the period 2002 to 2008,” he said.

The finance minister was then working as financial adviser. “It is pity that instead of realising the mistake after receiving aforesaid letter, the PTI spokesperson continued disseminating baseless and ill intended stand in order to mislead people at large,” said the spokesman.