KARACHI: After a 6-month-long probe at global scale, nicknamed as Dubai Unlocked*, a group of investigators (encompassing journalists from various Media Houses including Herald Group of Publications) figured out that 17,000 Pakistani politicians, members of civil and military bureaucracy owned 23,000 villas and apartments in Dubai till the Spring of 2022.
The list of 17000 Pakistanis who own (declared or non-declared with FBR, ECP) properties in Dubai includes: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari (in Jumeirah 1 and Al Safa 2 where BB was staying during her self-imposed exile and her kids inherited these properties).
Faisal Vawda; Hussain Nawaz Sharif; Mohsin Naqvi’s wife; Shaukat Aziz; Late Gen (R) Pervez Musharraf; Maj Gen (R) Ehtasham Zameer and his family; Maj Gen (E) Ghazanfar Ali Khan; Maj Gen (R) Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir; Air Vice Marshal (R) Saleem Tariq; Air Vice Marshal (R) Khalid Masood Rajput; Sharjeel Memon and family; Sher Afzal Khan Marwat.
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*Washington-based NGO Center for Advanced Defense Studies (C4ADS – that researches global crime and conflict) obtained the data and shared it with E24 (Financial Outlet based in Norway) and the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
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