Bajwa is alleged to have raised crores while serving as Pakistan Army Chief; Verification order

Islamabad: General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family members are alleged to have acquired illegal earnings of rupee crores during their six-year tenure as Pakistani army chief. Pakistani website The Fact Focus reported that Bajwa’s family earned around Rs 12.7 billion (1270 crore). The accusation came when he was only days away from retiring from military service.

The website also released the estate information of General Bajwa and his family members from 2013 to 2021. The earnings of Bajwa’s wife Ayesha Amjad soared to 2.2 billion (220 crore) in six years. According to the website, they had no savings in 2016. The savings of Bajwa’s son Mahnoor Sabir’s wife for the period from the end of October to the first week of November 2018 was Rs 1271 million (127.1 crore). Before that there were no savings in their name. The assets of Mahnoor’s sister Hamna Nazir also reached trillions in 2016-17.

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar ordered an inquiry into the property of Bajwa and his family. The finance minister said in a statement that Bajwa acquired the property illegally and it was a bankruptcy by various institutions working under the finance department. He also ordered the investigation report to be submitted within twenty-four hours. The Pakistan Army has not yet responded to this issue.