RAWALPINDI: The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) department of the armed forces has refuted reports, circulated on various platforms of social media, about assets of outgoing Army Chief General Bajwa and his family.
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In a statement released to media on Sunday, the ISPR said misleading data regarding the assets of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family were shared and spread on social media, and the same assumption-based data was presented in exaggerated manner on different platforms.
The ISPR said a certain group very cleverly and dishonestly attributed the assets of General Bajwa’s daughter-in-law’s father (Samdhi) and family to the army chief and his family, giving a false impression that these assets were created by Army Chief General Bajwa’s family during his six-year tenure.
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The armed forces’ public relations department said the data and story (about Army Chief and his family) was totally untrue and based on blatant lies and malice.
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It said all assets of Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, his wife and family are duly declared in FBR as all of them regularly file tax returns.
“Like every citizen, the army chief and his family are accountable to the tax authorities for their assets,” the ISPR added.
