ISLAMABAD: Highly anticipated second list of Panama Papers released today (Monday), revealing the close associates of politicians and families of celebrities.
Identities of some of the high-profile figures suspected to be linked with offshore companies are still being ascertained and will therefore be published after a complete investigation.
Zulfi Bokhari, a key financier of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, Irfan Puri, an oil czar equally close to the PPP/MQM leadership and presently in Dubai jail; Tariq Islam, a cousin of Benazir Bhutto, Son of former health minister Naseer Khan; Seth Abid to the son of Admiral (retd) Muzaffar Hassan; and from the Port Qasim Authority’s former MD and NRO beneficiary Abdul Sattar Dero , former president of Karachi chamber of commerce, Shaukat Ahmed, are in the list.
Oscar award winner, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy; a billionaire owner of Sachal studio Izzat Majeed; wife of Ghous Akbar; and fashion designer Zehra Valliani along with her brother, an asset manager, Fawaz Valliani have also been identified as owners of offshore companies.
Wamiq Zuberi of the Business Recorder and his wife, former PPP senator Rukhsana Zuberi, have been identified among those invested in an offshore company, a fact Wamiq acknowledged.
Although Abdul Aleem Khan of the PTI has been claiming with confidence that he didn’t figure in the Panama Papers.
