ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, while declaring his assets during a press conference in Islamabad, challenged all political party leaders to do the same reported Express News on Sunday.
“I’m presenting all the documents in front of the media in a hope that other party leaders will follow… This is the only way through which corruption can end in Pakistan and taxes can be collected,” Khan said.
While clearing allegations about the taxes he had paid this year, he said that he made around Rs20 million this year through the World Cup but the money that came to him was tax-free according to a law that was drafted by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif himself.
“In 1992, Nawaz Sharif made a law which stated that all money coming from abroad would be tax-free and would be not questioned by anyone… He made this to law to help him with money laundering,” said the PTI chief.
“I, myself, am against this law as it is being used for the wrong reasons, and the PTI will help get rid of it.”
Khan declared that all of his assets were present in Pakistan and were under his name. He also cleared allegations against him regarding the money that is involved in the administration of his charity hospital Shaukat Khanum.
“I received two plots by Nawaz Sharif after the 1992 World Cup and I have given both of them to the hospital.”
He claimed that he will quit politics if it is proved that he has cheated, while adding that the PTI’s central executive committee members will also be declaring all their assets.
He said that the declaration of assets was not a personal issue but a national one which will determine whether Pakistan will remain viable or stay bankrupt.
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