By IANS,
Islamabad : A provincial minister in Pakistan owns a tract of land that equals a small town – 24,338 acres to be precise. Another wears diamond-studded Rolex watches while a lawmaker runs seven mines and owns 300 guns.
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Khan Raisani drives a luxury sport utility vehicle Hummer H2 that was gifted to him and a Harley Davidson motorcycle brought to Pakistan after a waiver on customs duty, showed statement of assets and liabilities submitted to the Election Commission for 2010-11.
Besides owning a safety and security firm, he also has a mining company with a capital investment of Rs.106.5 million, the Dawn newspaper reported.
But, he is easily overshadowed by his Minister for Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Zafar Ullah Khan.
Khan owns a staggering 24,338 acres of land, most of which he has inherited. He has Rs.51 million in two bank accounts.
Building Minister Agha Irfan Karim owns four properties, including a farm house, 150 acres of agricultural land and a house in Quetta.
Karim also two diamond-studded Rolex wrist watches, two more with gold and silver, 10 diamond-studded cufflinks and 200 tola of gold.
Pir Abdul Qadir Algilani, a lawmaker, too has a generous land holding.
He owns 3,200 acres of land and an under-construction farm spread over 400 acres.
That’s not all.
Algilani’s other properties include two coal mines, three manganese mines, one copper mine and one iron ore mine in his own and his wife’s name.
He also has 300 guns, the Dawn report said.