Blatant lies: Pakistan Army rejects claims on Gen Bajwa, family’s assets

 Pakistan Army on Sunday rejected media reports that the outgoing chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa’s family members and relatives became billionaires during his six-year tenure, terming them as misleading and based on “blatant lies and malice.

Gen Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after getting a three-year extension.
According to the report published by the FactFocus website, the alleged tax records of Gen Bajwa’s family, the current market value of the known assets and business of the army chief, both within and outside Pakistan, amounted to Rs 12.7 billion.
Pakistan Army finally broke its silence on Sunday, days after the Shehbaz Sharif-led government launched a probe and suspended two officers from service for their involvement in leaking the tax records of Gen Bajwa and his family members.
Pakistan Army’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations, said misleading data regarding the assets of Army chief Gen Bajwa and his family were shared on social media, and the sa Pakistan Army on./.....                                 read more.....