ISLAMABAD: At least 177 lawmakers, including 59 members of the National Assembly and three senators did not pay any tax for the year that ended June 30th, 2018, revealed Parliamentarians Tax Directory released by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Friday.
Among the parliamentarians, Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar, Minister for Water Resources Muhammad Faisal Vawda, and Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul, did not pay any tax for the year ended June 30, 2018. The senators showing zero tax payment includes Shamim Afridi, Faisal Javed, and Rana Maqbool Ahmad.
The members National Assembly who paid zero tax during the period include; (1) Muhammad Bashir Khan (NA-7), (2) Muhammad Sajjad (NA-14), (3) Malik Anwar Taj (NA-23), (4) Sher Ali Arbab (NA-30), however, total tax of Rs1,151,080 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (5) Zahid Akram Durrani (NA-35), (6) Noorul Haq Qadri (NA-43), however, Rs3,506,009 of tax paid by AOPS, in which taxpayer is a member, (7) Munir Khan Orakzai (NA-45), (8) Jawad Hussain (NA-47), (9) Mohsin Dawar (NA-48), (10) Abdul Shakoor (NA-51), (11) Sheikh Rashid Shafique (NA-60), however Rs3,320,006 paid by AOPS, in which taxpayer is a member, (12) Aamer Mehmood Kiani (NA-61), (13) Mansoor Hayat Khan (NA-63), (14) Hussain Elahi (NA-68), however Rs251,508 paid by AOPS, in which taxpayer is a member, (15) Syed Faizul Hassan (NA-70), (16) Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali Bhindar (NA-83), (17) Malik Muhammad Ehsan Ullah Tiwana (NA-94), (18) Muhammad Sana Ullah Khan Masti Khel (NA-97), (19) Nawab Sher (NA-102), (20) Ali Gohar Khan (NA-103), (21) Sahibzada Muhammad Mehboob Sultan (NA-114), (22) Muhammad Ameer Sultan (NA-116), (23) Malik Karamat Ali Khokhar (NA-135), (24) Saad Waseem (NA-137), (25) Ahmad Raza Maneka (NA-145), (26) Rana Iradat Sharif Khan (NA-146), (27) Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal (NA-149), (28) Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (NA-152), (29) Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi (NA-157), (30) Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (NA-158), (31) Mian Muhammad Shafiq (NA-161), however paid Rs307,931 by AOPS, in which taxpayer is a member, (32) Choudhary Faqir Ahmad (NA-162), (33) Noorul Hassan Tanvir (NA-169), (34) Syed Mobeen Ahmed (NA-175), (35) Muhammad Shabbir Ali (NA-181), (36) Raza Rabbani Khar (NA-183), (37) Makhdom Zada Sayed Basit Ahmad Sultan (NA-185), (38) Niaz Ahmed Jakhar (NA-188), (39) Khawja Sheraz Mehmood (NA-189), (40) Zartaj Gul (NA-191), (41) Naveed Dero (NA-215), (42) Irfan Ali Laghari (NA-234), (43) Jamil Ahmed Khan (NA-237), (44) Muhammad Faisal Vawda (NA-249), (45) Agha Hassan Baloch (NA-266), (46) Syed Mehmood Shah (NA-267), (47) Mohammad Aslam Bhootani (NA-272), (48) Nooreen Farooq Khan (KPK-3), however Rs126,146 by AOPS, in which taxpayer is a member, (49) Asma Hadeed (Punjab-19), (50) Aliya Hamza Malik (Punjab-20), (51) Seemi Bokhari (Punjab-23), (52) Rubina Jamil (Punjab-26), (53) Fauzia Behram (Punjab-28), (54) Rukhsana Naveed (Punjab-29), (55) Farukh Khan (Punjab-33), (56) Naz Baloch (Sindh-4), (57) Shamim Ara Panhwar (Sindh-8), (58) Syma Nadeem (Sindh-9), and (59) Nusrat Wahid (Sindh-12).
Around 14 members from the Balochistan provincial assembly paid zero tax including (1) Noor Ullah (PB-3), (2) Noor Muhammad (PB-6), (3) Gohram Bugti (PB-10), (4) Saleem Ahmed (PB-15), (5) Abdul Wahid Siddiqui (PB-18), (6) Syed Muhammad Fazal Agha (PB-20), (7) Muhammad Mubeen Khan Khilji (PB-28), (8) Akhtar Hussain Langau (PB-29), (9) Muhammad Arif (PB-34), (10) Younas Aziz Zehri (PB-39), however Rs17,941,220 by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (11) Asadullah (PB-43), (12) Mahjabeen Sheeren (PBW-54), (13) Mastoorha (PBW-62), and (14) Titus Johnson (NM-65).
According to the Tax Directory, 14 provincial members of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly including (1) Waqar Ahmad Khan (PK-7), (2) Hamayun (PK-14), (3) Riaz Khan (PK-20), (4) Muhammad Zahir Shah (PK-52), (5) Wajid Ullah Khan (PK-75), (6) Kamran Khan Bangash (PK-77), (7) Aamar Haroon Bilour (PK-78), (8) Shah Dad Khan (PK-81), (9) Sher Azam Khan (PK-87), (10) Pakhtoon Yar Khan (PK-88), (11) Rabia Basri (WR-6), (12) Rehana Ismail (WR-17), (13) Shagufta Malik (WR-19), and (14) Shahida (WR-20) did not pay any tax during the period.
According to the Tax Directory, 66 provincial members of the Punjab Assembly paid zero tax including (1) Malik Muhammad Anwar (PP-4), (2) Malik Jamshaid Altaf (PP-5), (3) Chaudhary Muhammad Adnan (PP-11), however Rs14,946 by the AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (4) Fayazul Hasan Chohan (PP-17), (5) Sardar Aftab Akbar Khan (PP-23), (6) Raja Yawar Kamal Khan (PP-25), (7) Chaudhry Liaqat Ali (PP-33), however Rs20,384,634 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (8) Muhammad Arshad Chaudhary (PP-34), (9) Chaudhry Naveed Ashraf (PP-43), however paid Rs344,500 by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (10) Bilal Akbar Khan (PP-49) however Rs1,710,877 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (11) Muhammad Tariq Tarar (PP-66), (12) Muhammad Ahsan Jahangir (PP-71), (13) Saeed Akbar Khan (PP-90), (14).
Saleem Bibi (PP-96), (15) Mumtaz Ahmed (PP-105), however Rs5,552,056 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (16) Umar Farooq (PP-106), (17) Shakeel Shahid (PP-111), (18) Ashifa Riaz (PP-122), (19) Muhammad Moavia (PP-126), (20) Ghaznfar Abbas Shah (PP-128), (21) Mian Jaleel Ahmed (PP-139), (22) Muhammad Hashim Dogar (PP-177), (23) Muneebul Haq (PP-189), however Rs504,834 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (24) Mian Muhammad Farrukh Mumtaz Maneka (PP-191), (25) Syed Sumsam Ali Shah Bukhari (PP-201), (26) Syed Abbas Ali Shah (PP-207), (27) Muhammad Faisal Khan Niazi (PP-209), (28) Syed Ali Haider Gilani (PP-211), (29) Nawab Zada Waseem Khan Badozai (PP-213), (30), Muhammad Salman (PP-217), (31) Mian Tariq Abdullah (PP-220), (32) Qasim Abbas Khan (PP-222), (33) Nazir Ahmad Khan (PP-228), (34) Khalid Mehmood Dogar (PP-230), (35) Muhammad Ejaz Hussain (PP-232), (36) Rai Zahoor Ahmad (PP-233), (37) Muhammad Ali Raza Khan Khakwani (PP-235), (38) Zaheer Iqbal (PP-245), (39) Ehsanul Haque Chaudhry (PP-249), however paid Rs6,920,593 paid by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (40) Fawaz Ahmed (PP-261), (41) Asif Majeed (PP-262), however paid Rs8,436,098 by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (42) Syed Usman Mehmood (PP-264), (43) Rais Nabeel Ahmad (PP-265), (44) Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh (PP-280), (45) Lala Muhammad Tahir Randhawa (PP-282), (46) Syed Rafaqat Ali Gillani (PP-284), (47) Khawaja Muhammad Daud Sulamani (PP-285), (48) Sardar Usman Ahmed Khan Buzdar (PP-286), (49) Sardar Muhammad Mohiudin Khan Khosa (PP-291), (50) Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari (PP-297), (51) Shawana Bashir (W-302), (52) Aysha Iqbal (W-308), (53) Mussarat Jamshed (W-312), (54) Asia Amjad (W-319), (55) Seemabia Tahir (W-320), (56) Aisha Nawaz (W-322), (57) Zainab Umair (W-323), (58) Sajida Yousf (W-327), (59) Sabrina Javaid (W-329), (60) Sania Ashiq Jabeen (W-337), (61) Rabia Nusrat (W-343), (62) Rukhsana Kausar (W-347), (63) Rabia Ahmed Butt (W-350), (64) Nafisa Amin (W-359), (64) Shazia Abid (W-363), (65) Mahinder Pall Singh (NM-366), and (66) Peter Gill (NM-367).
According to the Parliamentarians Tax Directory 21 members of Sindh provincial assembly paid zero tax including (1) Moazzam Ali Khan (PS-11), however paid Rs107,000 by AOPS in which taxpayer is a member, (2) Ghanwer Ali Khan Isran (PS-15), (3) Abdul Bari Pitafi (PS-19), (4) Farukh Ahmed Shah (PS-24), (5) Sajid Ali Banbhan (PS-28), (6) Khan Muhammad Dahri (PS-40), (7) Zulfiqar Ali Shah (PS-48), (8) Nasir Hussain Qureshi (PS-67), (9) Sayed Ghulam Shah Jilani (PS-86), (10) Adeel Ahmed (PS-98), (11) Karim Bux Gabol (PS-100), (12) Arsalan Taj Hussain (PS-102), (13) Jamaluddin Siddiqi (PS-106), (14) Ramzan (PS-109), (15) Shah Nawaz Jadoon (PS-113), (16) Saeed Ahmed (PS-120), (17) Rehana Leghari (RSW-133), (18) Sidra Imran (RSW-148), (19) Tahira Dua Bhutto (RSW-151), (20) Mangla Sharma (RSW-153), and (21) Shahana Ashar (RSW-155).
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