87 percent of members have been members of parliament for nine years, research shows
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In 5 years, the total wealth of MLAs increased by 85%, while the per capita income of the average Pakistani decreased by $197.
According to the research, in the last 5 years, the total wealth of the members of the Provincial and National Assembly has increased by 85%, and the total assets of 1,170 members have increased from 49 billion to 91 billion.
According to the research, 87 percent of the members have been members of the parliament for 9 years, in the fiscal year 2019, the per capita income of all the members of parliament has increased by an average of 1 crore.
The report states that the total assets of all members in FY 2015 were 49 billion, and their total declared assets in FY 2018 were 89 billion.
According to the research, the total assets of the members were 79 billion in 2019, the total assets of the members increased by 15 percent from 2018 to 2019, while these members paid a total tax of 1 billion 60 crore rupees in 2018 and a total tax of 98 crore rupees in 2019. Thus, these members paid 62 percent less tax in 2019 than in 2018.
It has been stated in the report that 29 members have declared total assets of 5 billion abroad, 25 members of the assembly have declared their assets of more than one billion, and 71 members have assets of more than 50 crores.
According to the research, the assets of 4 dozen members increased by more than 100 percent, 1 dozen members' assets increased by 200 or 300 percent, and 111 members' assets are less than one crore.
According to the report, 41 members declared their assets less than one million, 81 members said that they do not even have their own house, 99 members are not registered with the tax authorities, and 161 members do not file their returns with the tax authorities. While the total income of these 161 members is 37 billion.
Research has revealed that two dozen women members are not even registered with FBR, and the total assets of these women are more than 10 crores. While the FBR and election officials claim that the total assets of these members are more than 300 billion.
Officials say that about 60 percent of the members' income and assets figures are skewed, and 117 members' details submitted with the FBR and the Election Commission are inconsistent. FBR officials say that the total tax of the members is more than 2 billion.
The research has revealed that the assets of Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan have increased by 250%, while the assets of Punjab Chief Minister Pervez Zalhi and his wife have also increased by 250%, and the assets of his son Munis Elahi have increased by 100%.
According to the report, the assets of Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudous Bizenjo have increased six times, and former Tehreek-e-Insaf Chief Minister Balochistan Jam Kamal's assets have increased by 300%, Akhtarmengal's assets have increased by 120%.
According to the research, the assets of Shahbaz Sharif's son Hamza Shahbaz increased by 22%, while the assets of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif decreased by 25%.
On the other hand, the assets of former interior minister and Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed have increased by 278 percent, and the assets of former foreign minister Shah Mehmood by 241 percent. 203 percent of PTI government's petroleum minister Umar Ayub's assets, 127 percent of his minister Khusro Bakhtiar's assets, 152 percent of former minister Fahmida Mirza's assets, 26 percent of former speaker National Assembly and PTI leader Asad Qaiser's assets. 11 times increase was recorded in the assets of Percent and Zubaidah Jalal.
Q-League leader Tariq Cheema's assets increased by 51 percent, former Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri's assets increased by 70 percent, while former Defense Minister Pervez Khattak's assets decreased by 41 percent.
On the other hand, there has been no change in the assets of former minister Murad Saeed and Chief Minister KP Mehmood Khan.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah's assets increased by 10%, Asif Zardari's wife Faryal Talpur's assets increased by 55%, Khurshid Shah's assets increased by 92%, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah's assets increased by 287% and Defense Minister Khawaja Asif's assets also increased. An increase was recorded.
On the other hand, according to the report of the Pakistan Economic Survey, in 2018, the income of a typical Pakistani increased by only half a percent, and in 2019, the per capita income of a Pakistani decreased by 197 dollars.
According to the report, in 2018, the per capita income of a Pakistani was 1,641 dollars, while in 2019, it decreased to 1,497 dollars.
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