RAWALPINDI: The Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) has denied claims regarding Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family’s assests, saying that the data shared on social media is based on “blatant lies and malice”.
“Misleading data regarding the assets of army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family have been shared on social media. These misleading figures are exaggerated and based on assumption,” the military’s media wing said in a statement released on Sunday.
The statement said that a specific group has very “cleverly and dishonestly” associated the assets of General Bajwa’s daughter-in-law’s father and family with the army chief and his family.
“An incorrect impression is being created that these assets were created by army chief General Bajwa’s family during his six-year tenure. It is totally untrue, based on blatant lies and malice,” the statement read.
The military’s media wing assured that all the assets of the army chief, his wife and his family have been declared to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
“Army chief and his family regularly file tax return. Like every citizen, the army chief and his family are accountable to the tax authorities for their assets,” it added.