PML-N slams PTI leader Aleem Khan over undeclared assets

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced that it will approach the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) over Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan’s undeclared assets and property-owned abroad.

In a press conference held on Monday PML-N leaders Maryam Aurangzeb and Talal Chaudhry brought forth the details submitted by PTI’s Aleem Khan to the Election Commission of Pakistan.

Maryam Aurangzeb said that the financial details Aleem Khan had told media in a press conference had not been submitted to the ECP.

The PTI leader has no property overseas and his assets within the country are worth 509.7 million rupees, according to the details given to the ECP on September 11, 2015. The details revealed that Aleem Khan earned a total of 6.5 million rupees in the financial year 2014, and gave taxes worth 1.167 million rupees.

Maryam Aurangzeb claimed that the PTI leader had said that he did not declare the assets due to the issue of mortgage, adding that the section of mortgage on forms was left unmarked.

The details to the ECP further mentioned that Aleem Khan’s house is worth 139.4 million rupees and that is named under a company, while there is no mention of the business abroad.

Aleem Khan took a loan of 268.5 million rupees and owns 68.8 million rupees in cash, the ECP details state.

The ruling party decided to approach NAB and FIA over misleading information provided by the PTI leader.

Hinting at today’s session of opposition over the issue of Panama Leaks, Talal Chaudhry criticized the recently formed political understanding reached by PTI leader Imran Khan and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari.

“The nation wants to know over what conditions Imran Khan and Zardari shook hands,”the PML-N leader said.

Both the political parties, PTI and PPP, reacted sharply to the accusations thrown at Aleem Khan. The PTI leadership said that the ruling party is trying to cover the corruption by the Sharif family.

PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira said that even those opponents are slandering us who have charges proved against them on an international level.