How much tax did Pakistan's parliamentarians pay in 2016?
Jehangir Tareen tops the list with over Rs53m paid in taxes.
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.
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
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Jul 27, 2017 10:53pm
The accumulated tax paid by all political parties (PMLN+ MQM+ ANP+PPP+JUIF (Excluding Senator Tallah, now he is also on board with PTI) + JI) is less than Jangir Tahrin. Though he is not the number one richest person in Pakistan
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Jul 27, 2017 11:11pm
@Sahil you should probably work hard to become rich an pay a lot of taxes for this country to prosper. But you wont, because you will become smart enough to find ways not to pay it.
Don't feel good about one persons taxes.
Smart businessmen do not pay high taxes. IK is one those guys. He is paying less tax than a person 1/100 of his lifestyle. He is doing it right. Everything just magically appears as gifts.
Have you ever heard that Google avoided paying $2 billion in global income taxes by housing profits in Bermuda? As long its legal, its legal. USA is happy that it provides a great number of good jobs.
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Jul 27, 2017 11:13pm
Is this tax coming from their salaries or businesses?
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Jul 27, 2017 11:31pm
@Mindshare, TX, Could you think about another place?
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Jul 27, 2017 11:58pm
I never thought Shazia Marri could be that poor - paying just Rs34,941!
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Jul 28, 2017 12:55am
Rich parliamentarians of a poor country!
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Jul 28, 2017 01:00am
In America the minimum wage is $7.25 per hours, which is considered a below poverty wage. People making minimum wage usually do not pay federal or state tax because of low wage, but they have to pay social security and medicaid tax which is equal to 7.65% of the salary. So the poorest, below poverty level, full time employee at least pays $1109 per year which is equal to RS 116471, now compare this to what some of our politician has paid, it is shocking and embarrassing, If this is the trend through out the country, than we have no body to blame but our self.
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Jul 28, 2017 01:25am
I am Proud of Jahangir Tareen as the highest tax payer politician in Pakistan. Thank you Mr.Tareen
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Jul 28, 2017 01:44am
@Mindshare, TX Rs53,677,426 tax on a Salaried Person will make Pakistan Rich soon. Jahangir Tareen owns a lot in Pakistan and as much outside Pakistan too. He is a Panamagate candidate too
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Jul 28, 2017 01:47am
Rehman Malik paid just a little over 19,000. He must be real poor.
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Jul 28, 2017 01:48am
Mehmood Achakzai Rs.17,470; Fazlur Rehman Rs.50,181; Believe it or Not, very poor
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Jul 28, 2017 02:42am
If you accumulate total taxes paid by all these politicians than you will be surprised to know that, Indian comedian Kapil Sharma alone paid 240 million tax in last fiscal year and if you calculate taxes of other 6 Indian actors like Akshay Kumar, Salman, Shahrukh, Amir Khan, Hrithik and Amithabh Bachchan , than they paid 1600 millions.
Strange, how Pakistani politicians find ways to not to pay the taxes.
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Jul 28, 2017 03:10am
I paid more taxes than IK and Govt ministers although I did not own even a single house (not even a flat). What does this information mean to masses like us?
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Jul 28, 2017 03:25am
"We are supposed to pay tax? Now you tell us."
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Jul 28, 2017 04:42am
@Sane Voices tax avoidance is illegal. Tax pays for infrastructure, health and education. You are not clever for avoiding tax. You are a criminal if you do so. You might get away with it now but you'll have to answer for it later.
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Jul 28, 2017 04:43am
@Mindshare, TX comes from both including rent from property etc
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Jul 28, 2017 04:59am
Tax office should check their lands, buildings, cars, assets. Brain stopped working pakistan sorry.
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Jul 28, 2017 05:02am
The numbers are not believable. I make about Rs.20 lakhs per year and pay taxes of around Rs.3 lakhs as most of my gain is in capital gains in the stock market which is tax-free. Imran Khan owes only Rs. 1,59,000 in Pakistani rupee which is about 60% of the Indian rupee. Imran pays less tax than an ordinary retired civilian in India! If you believe that you believe in Santa Claus!
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Jul 28, 2017 06:12am
they earn more than triple in one month than they pay Tax annually
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Jul 28, 2017 07:04am
My friends who earn 100,000 a month and cant make ends meet pay more tax the most of these people. What a shame!!!!
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Jul 28, 2017 07:07am
@Sane Voices no my friend, IK pays tax on his income. He owns no industry or big busnisses. If he was not paying tbe tax due, we would have heard about it from our govt!!!
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Jul 28, 2017 07:23am
Most tax returns are highly manipulated.
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Jul 28, 2017 07:37am
They are poor and working for the betterment of this country , so all should have tax amnesty except PTI members.
FBR tax amnesty Please
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Jul 28, 2017 07:43am
They seem to be living liabilities of state ?
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Jul 28, 2017 07:59am
Now lets have some figures how much they stole last year,
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Jul 28, 2017 08:38am
I paid significantly more taxes then some of the politicians here...
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Jul 28, 2017 08:43am
I believe that the family assets of all the parliamentarians should be investigated starting with Mr. Rehman Malik. Seems like he spent 2016, flipping burgers in Macdonalds. Mr. Shahid khakan abbasi owns a whole Air line(the perks of being the son of a PAF officer).
This whole list of parliamentarians should be brought to justice and then we will switch to Military accountability.
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Jul 28, 2017 09:14am
and they say they will serve pakistan..:(
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Jul 28, 2017 09:15am
and they say they will serve pakistan
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Jul 28, 2017 09:24am
@Sane Voices the problem is that most of the methods employed in Pakistan to "reduce" tax liability are not protected by the tax code, whereas the Google example you used is totally legal. So let's not compare apples and oranges.
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Jul 28, 2017 09:45am
I have to pay approx. 100,000 PKR tax every year, whereas i am earning 110,000 PKR per month. What these people are earning? surely they are having very very huge incomes comparatively. I am surprised?
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Jul 28, 2017 09:59am
@Harris Mustafa its not apple and oranges. A lot of people in USA come on roads to protest that tax savings, and claim its illegal. Even IRS has sued several companies claiming its illegal. In US these decisions are made by the court. Not people like you and I.
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Jul 28, 2017 10:06am
These politicians will pay more .... when IK its team will manage Pakistan & its affairs
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Jul 28, 2017 10:07am
@Adil Jadoon your logic is that if government is not after somebody, that person is innocent? Which is wrong as well as irrelevant to what I said.
All I am saying that he might be legally avoiding taxes, and that is OK. He paid 159K taxes, one tenth of the business class ticket to Canada. With 20% tax in Pakistan, he must have made 3200K in whole year. He could not have purchased two business tickets to Canada with the income. I do not have that magic. He must be doing something right.
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Jul 28, 2017 10:22am
More important question is how parliamentarians are spending and investing tax dollars.
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Jul 28, 2017 10:26am
No one seems to be Sadiq and Amin in the list of politicians. I wonder how poor they are.
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Jul 29, 2017 03:44am
does imran khan is a poor politician that he could only paid 159609rs.
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Jul 29, 2017 09:12am
Even a middle class like me pay more taxes than these parliamentarians
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Jul 29, 2017 01:00pm
Look at the amount of tax paid by Mahmood Achakzai! And how he talks of democracy, rule of law and constitution. A common Pakistani salaried person whose monthly gross salary is Rs 70000 pays more I Tax than these so called parliamentarians. What a shame!!!
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