Dar orders probe into ‘illegal, unwarranted’ leak of COAS Bajwa’s family tax records

• Immediate investigation to be carried out into issue.
• Dar directs SAPM Tariq Pasha to personally lead probe.
• FinMin seeks report within 24 hours.

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Monday took notice of the "illegal and unwarranted" leakage of tax information of Chief of Army StaffGeneral Qamar Javed Bajwa's family members.

"This is clearly a violation of the complete confidentiality of tax information that the law provides," a statement from the Finance Division read.

Animmediate investigation into the violation of tax law and breach of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) data will be carried out, said the statement.

In view of this serious lapse on the part of to-date unknown functionaries, Dar hasdirected the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Revenue Tariq Mehmood Pashato personally lead the probe,affix responsibility, and submit a report within 24 hours, it added.