FBR issues parliamentarians' tax directory for 2016-17

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Jehangir Tareen is the country's top tax-paying parliamentarian with Rs53.67 million filed in tax returns over the past year, according to the Federal Board of Revenue's (FBR) fourth Parliamentarians' Tax Directory 2016-17.

The report, which details the amount of taxes paid by 1,010 members of parliament over the previous fiscal year, shows that politicians paid a total of Rs3.36 trillion in taxes last year.

Baloch National Party-Awami's Jehanzeb Jamaluddin filed just Rs4,000 in returns — the least amount of tax paid by a parliamentarian.

The Balochistan Assembly was the only one where all members filed their taxes with the FBR in 2016. A total of 18 parliamentarians did not file their tax returns last year.

PML-N

• Nawaz Sharif: Rs2,524,213


• Shahbaz Sharif: Rs9,531,060


• Ishaq Dar: Rs4,617,328


• Chaudhry Nisar: Rs1,192,618


• Khawaja Asif: Rs831,986


• Saad Rafique: Rs3,983,491


• Zahid Hamid: Rs402,406


• Pervez Rashid: Rs137,271


• Talal Chaudhry: Rs59,435


• Daniyal Aziz: Rs62,544


• Ahsan Iqbal: Rs82,440


• Hamza Shahbaz: Rs7,038,777


• Abid Sher Ali: Rs86,536


• Abdul Qadir Baloch: Rs113,002


• Shahid Khaqan Abbasi: Rs2,659,183


• Mushahidullah Khan: Rs11,313


• Ayaz Sadiq: Rs104,853

PTI

• Imran Khan: Rs159,609


• Jahangir Tareen: Rs53,677,426


• Pervez Khattak: Rs457,099


• Asad Umar: Rs6,368,864


• Arif Alvi: Rs201,554


• Shah Mehmood Qureshi: Rs1,862,414


• Shafqat Mehmood: Rs68,965

PPP

• Rehman Malik: Rs19,076


• Raza Rabbani: Rs492,201


• Khursheed Shah: Rs124,215


• Murad Ali Shah: Rs116,600


• Fehmida Mirza: Rs84,214


• Aitzaz Ahsan: Rs13,854,833


• Faryal Talpur: Rs1,903,571


• Azra Fazal Pechuho: Rs529,283


• Naveed Qamar: Rs50,181


• Shazia Marri: Rs34,941

JUI-F

• Fazlur Rehman: Rs50,181


• Talha Mehmood: Rs32,495,268

JI

• Sirajul Haq: Rs34,941

MQM

• Farooq Sattar: Rs39,758


• Syed Ali Raza Abidi: Rs319,530

AML

• Sheikh Rashid: Rs505,966

QWP

• Aftab Sherpao: Rs1,797,016

ANP

• Ghulam Ahmed Bilour: Rs34,941

PkMAP

• Mehmood Achakzai: Rs17,470