Asset declarations to ECP: Nawaz owns over Rs1.6b, Imran Rs1.4b

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday disclosed assets of National Assembly members for the year 2016 that had been submitted at the commission.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is said to own assets worth more than Rs1.6 billion. According to the ECP details, the premier’s son Hussain Nawaz sent more than Rs230 million to his father from outside the country.

The Sharif family’s estate in Lahore’s Raiwind locality is priced at Rs4 million while his Upper Mall Lahore property is worth over Rs250 million. Moreover, the premier owns Rs7 million worth of furniture, Rs5 million worth of animals and birds, and three cars and two tractors.

Kulsoom Nawaz, the prime minister’s wife, owns jewellery worth Rs1.5 million, according to the PM’s declarations to the ECP.

Moreover, the premier is said to own no properties or investments outside the country.

Similarly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan owns assets worth more than Rs1.4 billion.

He too is said to own no assets abroad.

Imran residence in Islamabad’s Bani Gala locality is priced at Rs750 million and declared as a ‘gift’ with ECP. The Khan House office of the PTI chief is priced at Rs5.9 million, while Rs6.9 million is the worth of the boundary wall of Imran’s Bani Gala residence.

Imran’s family home in Zaman Park, Lahore is said to be worth Rs29 million.

The PTI chief has also invested over Rs40 million in various schemes, owns furniture worth Rs0.6 million and four goats worth Rs0.2 million.

The PTI chief does not own a car, as the last vehicle registered under his name was sold in 2016.