Which political leader paid how much tax? Here’s you know

Islamabad: Which political leader paid how much tax, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) released its 2019 tax directory for parliamentarians on Monday.

According to the FBR Tax Directories of Parliamentarians for the tax year 2019 revealing that Prime Minister Imran Khan paid Rs9.8 million.

– Highest Taxpayer among politicians– 

A PTI MNA from Karachi, Muhammad Najeeb Haroon, paid highest tax worth of Rs140 million.

– Politicians who did not pay tax – 

Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Yousuf Raza Gillani and PML-N's Azma Zahid Bokhari did not pay anything in taxes.

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin paid Rs26.62 million in taxes. While Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar paid Rs4.27 million.

PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal paid taxes worth Ahsan Iqbal Rs55,656.

The data shows that Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif paid Rs8.2m while PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari paid Rs0.53m.

PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari paid Rs2.2m, while former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi paid Rs4.9m.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah's tax amounted to Rs1.1m. In contrast, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar paid a measly Rs2,000.

Current Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo Rs1.1m and his predecessor Jam Kamal Khan paid Rs11.8m. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan paid Rs66,258.

Among the members of the federal cabinet, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi paid Rs0.9m while Energy Minister Hammad Azhar paid Rs29,025 in an individual capacity while his associations of persons (AOPs) tax amounted to Rs18.1m.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Senator Faisal Subzwari, Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas and Punjab Prisons Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan were among several lawmakers that paid Rs2,000.

The revenue board clarifies that this data only includes income and tax declared in return filed to FBR and does not include agricultural income tax paid to provinces, sales tax, federal excise duty etc.