Islamabad
Leaked tax records of Pakistan's former Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa's family, reveal that all of them became billionaires during his tenure as the country's army chief.
According to a report, the leaked tax records do not come as a surprise since corruption runs deep in the Pakistan Army. The recent revelations only reinforce the view of the rot within the Pakistan Army.
The report says that even though Pakistan's Senior Generals and officers have been at the receiving end of state largesse in the form of fat salaries and other perks, they still act in a corrupt fashion that does not behove a military force.
The details of the Bajwa family's financial dealings were revealed by the Pakistani website FastFocus. The report included the dealings of Bajwa's wife Ayesha Amjad and daughter-in-law Mahnoor Sabir.
The report claimed that the Bajwa family members had acquired assets amounting to PKR 12.7 billion during Bajwa's term as Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff. The assets of his wife, Ayesha Amjad, went from zero in 2016 to PKR 2.2 billion in six years.
From getting his sister-in-law Asma Bajwa the position of a highly paid human resource consultant for the national airline to helping his 70-year-old brother retain a cushy Pakistan International Airline job in the UK, there is so much that Bajwa must answer for, according to a report. According to sources, one aspect of Pakistan's current situation is corruption within its Army.