Dubai unlocked
\nEx-govt officials, bankers, bureaucrats own properties in upscale Dubai areas: report
\nnews desk
\nISLAMABAD
\nMore than a dozen retired military officials and their families, as well as bankers and bureaucrats, own properties in upscale Dubai areas, according to data revealed by the OCCRP\u2019s Dubai Unlocked project.
\nAmong the thousands of Pakistanis who own these properties are around a dozen retired military generals, two retired air vice-marshals of the Pakistan Air Force, a serving inspector general of police (IGP), a retired president of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), a former chairman of the Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL), and a serving chairman of the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology.
\nThe most prominent among retired military generals is the name of former (and late) military dictator Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf. The former military dictator and his wife\u2019s name appear in the leaked data as the owners of three properties in the areas of Dubai Marina, Burj Khalifa and Al Thanyah Fifth.
\nMusharraf\u2019s former military secretary Lt-Gen Shafaat Ullah Shah is also included in the leaked data, which covers the period 2020-2022. His name had also appeared in the Pandora Papers.
\nShafaat\u2019s son appears to be a co-owner of the same property, per the leaked data. Gen Shafaat in his response to the OCCRP confirmed owning the property and said all his foreign properties are declared with the tax authorities in Pakistan.
\nFormer DG-C during Gen (r) Musharraf\u2019s era, Maj Gen (r) Ehtasham Zameer, his son and other children are also on the list as owners of properties in the Al Warsan First, Marina Arcade Marsa areas.
\nAlso on the list is the son of Lt-Gen Afzal Muzaffar of the NLC scandal fame, and former DG Counter Intelligence Major Gen Ehtasham Zamir and his children.
\nIGP Azad Jammu and Kashmir Dr Sohail Habib Tajik is also on the list for owning property in Al Dafrah First Al Thanyah Third.
\nDr Tajik Sohail Habib has confirmed owning the property and said that he bought it in 2002 while he was \u201cworking in the UN. My salary was $10,000. I transferred the money from UN Bank to Dubai as a legal transaction and declared it in my assets and proudly say that everywhere.\u201d
\nFormer president of the NBP Arif Usmani also features on the list as the owner of a penthouse.
\nAnother Lt-Gen (r) Muhammad Akram owns a property in Elite Residences 4. In addition, Lt-Gen Alam Jan Mehsud and his spouse own a five-bedroom apartment in the Al Hamri Palm Jumeirah area.
\nThe leaked data shows that Maj Gen (r) Ghazanfar Ali Khan also owns a property in S15 Building Al Warsan First. Major Gen (r) Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir also appears in the leaked data for owning a property in Golf Promenade 2-A, Al Hebiah third area.
\nMeanwhile, Air Vice Marshal (r) Saleem Tariq also appears to own property as does Air Vice Marshal (r) Khalid Masood Rajput. Also included in the list are Major Gen (r) Muhammad Farooq, Major Gen (r) Anis Bajwa\u2019s spouse, and Maj Gen (r) Najam-ul-Hassan Shah.
\nFormer chairman of OGDCL Zahid Muzaffar and chairman PCST Syed Anwar-ul Hassan Gillani are also listed as property owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dubai unlocked Ex-govt officials, bankers, bureaucrats own properties in upscale Dubai areas: report news desk ISLAMABAD More than a dozen retired military officials and their families, as well as bankers and bureaucrats, own properties in upscale Dubai areas, according to data revealed by the OCCRP\u2019s Dubai Unlocked project. Among the thousands of Pakistanis who own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-406906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n