Islamabad: According to the Parliamentarians Tax Directory (PTD) of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for Fiscal year 2013-2014, a member of Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Arshad Javaid Warraich is the highest tax payer politician of Pakistan. Ch Arshad who belongs from PP-131 has filed Rs. 24,080, 068 as a highest income tax payer. Whereas Rs. 358,730, 260 is the total income tax filed during the fiscal year 2013-2014.
On the other hand, another member of Punjab Assembly Chaudhary M Asadullah belongs from PP-106 has paid highest AOP tax which is Rs 30, 854,717. However Rs 194, 472, 254 has been received as total AOP tax as only five members have paid AOP tax in 2013-2014. Although, this year Punjab Assembly has emerged as highest tax payer who has paid Rs84m in the name of income tax and Rs101m in AOP tax while Sindh Assembly paid Rs31.1m in income tax and Rs39.5m in AOP tax, KP Assembly paid Rs26.5m in income tax and Rs9.8m in AOP tax, Balochistan Assembly paid Rs8.8m in income tax and Rs0.1m in AOP tax.
There are several renowned parliamentarians of different parties such as PML-N,PPP, MQM, and PTI have mentioned in the list of Parliamentarians Tax Directory (PTD) with their paid income tax.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)
Nawaz Sharif: Rs2,611,037
Shahbaz Sharif: Rs5,125,545
Hamza Shahbaz Sharif: Rs4,888,122
Ishaq Dar: Rs2,286,702
Chaudhry Nisar: Rs641,284
Ayaz Sadiq: Rs327,895
Khawaja Asif: Rs311,638
Pervaiz Rasheed: Rs313,681
Raja Zafarul Haq: Rs99,446
Khawaja Saad Rafique: Rs2,041,936
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Raza Rabbani: Rs685,707
Khursheed Shah: Rs100,054
Rehman Malik: Rs17,379
Qaim Ali Shah: Rs111,772
Faryal Talpur: Rs 4,823,739
Sharjeel Memon: Rs1,589,564
Aitzaz Ahsan: Rs12,474,875
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)
Imran Khan: Rs218,237
Shireen Mazari: Rs1,121,005
Shah Mehmood Qureshi: Rs1,533,731
Pervez Khattak: Rs660,619
Asad Umar: Rs489,457
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)
Farooq Sattar: Rs89,935
Syed Ali Raza Abidi: Rs493,890
Abdul Rashid Godil: Rs31,377
However here are the name of some other parliamentarians whose names are also featured in PTD
Sheikh Rasheed: Rs303,893
Maulana Fazlur Rehman: Rs15,688
Ahmad Bilour: Rs835,893
Mehmood Khan Achakzai: Rs15,688
Hasil Bizenjo: Rs29,818
Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao: Rs1,688,917
It is worth mentioning here that Rs258,630,039 tax was received by FBR during FY2012-2013 which was half the amount of tax filed in 2013-2014. Tariq Nisar was the first highest tax payer who paid Rs189,910,478 whereas second highest tax payer was Mohammad Naeem Mukhtar who paid Rs159,149,750.