ISLAMABAD – Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Monday said that all ministers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government had already declared their assets before the department concerned.
Talking to a private television channel, he said there was no ambiguity about holding assets by the PTI ministers. He said it was strange that few names of media houses were also found in the reports of Pandora Papers.
Cell on Pandora to determine non-declaration of offshore assets by ‘public office-holders’
If anyone found guilty or allegedly involved in money laundering, he said, the country’s law would take action against the responsible. A cell had been formed to probe the matter of Pandora Papers, he added. Farrukh in a tweet said that investigation cell constituted by PM would determine whether the public office-holders named in Pandora Papers had declared their offshore assets in tax returns or not. He said if it was found in the investigation report of the cell that the public office holders had not declared their offshore assets then a corruption case would be referred to NAB.
In case of money laundering, the matter would be sent to FIA while the FBR would investigate tax evasion if the person was not a public office holder, he added.