LAHORE – While the Panama Papers leaks, which exposed over 400 Pakistanis linked to offshore companies registered in tax havens some six months ago, still remain to be investigated, the latest publication by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has named another 150 Pakistanis who own shady firms in Bahamas.
The latest data leak carries 1.3 million files which provide names of directors and some owners of more than 175,000 Bahamian companies registered between 1990 and early 2016. Among them, around 150 Pakistanis were also identified as directors of nearly 70 companies.
Obaid Altaf Khanani, the son of Pakistan’s notorious money changer Altaf Khanani who is currently in the custody of US authorities on terror financing and money laundering charges, is on the top of the list.
Jamaat-e-Islami’s leader Professor Khurshid Ahmed is one of the prominent names in the leaks. However, while responding to the questions forwarded by an ICIJ partner journalist, he said he was not financially involved, but only served as an employee.
The Bahamas-based company linked to Professor Khurshid Ahmed was banned by the United Nations and the United States, after 9/11 attacks for suspicious dealing.
Popular Afghan businessman Ahmed Ratab Popel, who is also being investigated for narcotics smuggling and corruption, also used a Pakistani address to register a company in Bahamas. Popel is the cousin of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and is also considered a close aide of Mullah Abdul Zaeef –Taliban regime’s former ambassador to Pakistan.
Lahore High Court judge Mohammed Farrukh Irfan’s again surfaced as a director of a Bahamas-based firm, after his name was mentioned in the Panama Papers leak. Irfan transferred his offshore company to his daughter, one year after he was sworn as LHC judge.
Samina Durrani, the mother-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, also registered offshore firm in Bahamas, however, the ownership of the company has been kept anonymous due to certain unknown reasons.
Former Health Minister Naseer Khan’s son named Gibran also owns a Bahamian entity. His name was also mentioned in the Panama Papers.
Just like Panama Papers leaks, most of the Pakistanis owning shady companies in Bahamas are also businessmen. Their businesses range from financial services to steel mills, textile industry to insurance corporations, chemicals to security services, and construction to asset management.
Some prominent names included Raza, Hasnain, Rafique, Hyder, Imran, Aun and Sajjad of a single business family which has six offshore companies on Bahamas Leaks.
The owner of Captain PQ Chemical Industries and director of Standard Chartered Bank, Spenta Kandawalla, is also a director of the Bahamian firm.
Mohsin, Arshad, Amjad, Abid and Ahmed, Salim, Hamida, Enam, Shaukat, Shafqat, Sultan, Irshad, Yasmeen, Farhana, Danus and Naushad are other notable names of the businessmen.
The Bahamas Leaks also carried several international names as well, i.e. former EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, former Columbian minister for mines and energy Carlos Cabellero, the son of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri and his father Francisco and brother Mariano, and UK foreign secretary Amber Rudd.
Full list* of Pakistanis mentioned in Bahamas Leaks:
Reg. Date
Year
Owner-Director
City
1/9/2016
2007
Sultan
Karachi
1/9/2016
2007
Irshad
Karachi
1/9/2016
2007
Yasmin
Karachi
1/9/2016
2007
Farhana
Karachi
1/12/2016
2011
Muhammad Saleem
Karachi
1/12/2016
2011
Muhammad Asif
Karachi
1/12/2016
2011
Muhammad Shafi
Karachi
1/12/2016
2011
Muhammad Iqbal
Karachi
1/12/2016
2011
Muhammad Qasim
Karachi
1/12/2016
2006
Akram Mohyuddin
Lahore
1/21/2016
2015
Ali
Islamabad
1/21/2016
2004
Sohail Ahmed
Karachi
1/24/2016
2007
Syed Muhammad
Islamabad
2/1/2016
2012
Khurram
2/1/2016
2012
Sheraz
2/12/2016
2007
Muhammad Hanif
Karachi
2/12/2016
2007
Rubina
Karachi
2/12/2016
2007
Muhammad Owais
Karachi
2/13/2016
2004
Ahmed Rateb
Islamabad
2/13/2016
2004
Rashid
2/19/2016
2008
Arif Noor Mohammad
Karachi
2/19/2016
2008
Noor Arif
Karachi
2/19/2016
2008
Abid Mohammad
Karachi
2/19/2016
2008
Naveed
Karachi
2/24/2016
1995
Rafiq
Karachi
2/29/2016
2000
Sheikh Arshad Javed
Karachi
3/1/2016
2000
Raza Khan
Islamabad
3/1/2016
2000
Kamyab
Islamabad
3/7/2016
2005
Naveed Hussain
Karachi
3/19/2016
2008
Iqbal
Karachi
3/19/2016
2008
Abdul Rauf
Karachi
3/19/2016
2008
Yasir
Karachi
3/19/2016
2008
Askari Asghar
Karachi
3/26/2016
2004
Khawar
Lahore
3/26/2016
2004
Shahzad Aziz
Lahore
3/26/2016
2004
Javed
Lahore
3/26/2016
2004
Izzat
Lahore
3/26/2016
2004
Javed Ahmed
Lahore
3/26/2016
2004
Izzat Majeed
Lahore
4/6/2016
1992
Mohammad Siddique
Karachi
4/6/2016
1992
Makhdoom Ali
Karachi
4/6/2016
1992
Mohammad Shoaib
Karachi
4/6/2016
1992
Abbas Abdullah
Karachi
4/6/2016
1992
Zehra
Karachi
4/6/2016
1992
Zahida
Karachi
4/8/2016
2008
Salim
Karachi
4/8/2016
2008
Hamida
Karachi
4/8/2016
2008
Marzia
Karachi
4/10/2016
2008
Khurram
4/10/2016
2008
Sarah
4/11/2016
1996
Mohammad Hyder
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Mohammad Asad
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Mohammad Siddique
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Makhdoom Ali
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Zahida
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Abbas Abdullah
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Mohammad Shoaib
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Zehra
Karachi
4/11/2016
1996
Imran
Karachi
4/11/2016
1997
Prof. Khurshid Ahmed
Islamabad
4/14/2016
2000
Muhammad Farrukh
Lahore
4/14/2016
2000
Maria Farrukh
Lahore
4/15/2016
2010
Sheikh Arshad
Karachi
4/15/2016
2010
Amjad
Karachi
4/15/2016
2010
Abid
Karachi
4/15/2016
2010
Ahmed Amjad
Karachi
4/19/2016
2006
Mohsin Abu Baker
Karachi
4/19/2016
2006
Sohail Mumtaz
Karachi
4/21/2016
2010
Gaffar
Karachi
4/26/2016
2007
Nadeem
Karachi
4/26/2016
2007
Khalid
Karachi
4/29/2016
2008
Yasir
Karachi
4/29/2016
2008
Askari Asghar
Karachi
4/30/2016
2009
Muhammad Ali
Karachi
5/6/2016
2004
Muhamamd Usman
Karachi
5/6/2016
2004
Muhammad Ikhlaq
5/6/2016
2004
Masood Pervez
5/13/2016
1991
Abdullah Jan
Bahawalpur
5/13/2016
1991
Shahwez Akhtar
Bahawalpur
5/16/2016
2002
Samina
Peshawar
5/18/2016
2006
Asif Riaz
Karachi
5/18/2016
2006
Gohar Ejaz
Lahore
5/18/2016
2006
Mohammed Saleem
Karachi
5/18/2016
2006
Mohammad Altaf
Karachi
5/18/2016
2006
Muhammad Shafi
Karachi
5/24/2016
2012
Shafqat
Lahore
5/24/2016
2012
Enam
Lahore
5/24/2016
2012
Shaukat
Lahore
5/30/2016
2006
Syed Muhammad Ali
Karachi
5/30/2016
2006
Arsalan
5/30/2016
2006
Muhammad Usman
Karachi
6/2/2016
1998
Ameed
Karachi
6/2/2016
1998
Naveed
Karachi
6/2/2016
1998
Ateed
Karachi
6/4/2016
1998
Max Rudolf
6/4/2016
1998
Shaheena Malik
6/5/2016
2008
Nadeem Khalid
Karachi
6/12/2016
2003
Nadeem
Karachi
6/12/2016
2003
Khurram
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Mohammad Siddique
Karachi
Reg. Date
Year
Owner-Director
City
6/15/2016
1992
Makhdoom Ali
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Muhammad Hyder
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Zahida
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Abbas Abdullah
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Mohammad Shoaib
Karachi
6/15/2016
1992
Zehra
Karachi
6/16/2016
2011
Kamran
Karachi
6/16/2016
2011
Imran
Karachi
6/16/2016
2011
Abdul Jabbar
Karachi
6/22/2016
2011
6/22/2016
2005
Muhammad Ahmed
Karachi
6/22/2016
2005
Muhammad Ahmed
Karachi
6/22/2016
2005
Muhammad Ahmed
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Amin
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Hanif
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Rauf
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Ayub
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Jawad
Karachi
7/14/2016
2005
Muhammad Ahmed
Karachi
7/17/2016
2006
Aun Mohammad
Karachi
7/17/2016
2006
Sajjad
Karachi
7/26/2016
2007
Muhammad Irshad
7/26/2016
2007
Muhammad Taimoor
7/27/2016
1990
Imran
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
Ali Raza
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
Hasnain
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
Murtaza
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
Salman
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
Munawar
Karachi
7/27/2016
1990
S. M. Hayder
Karachi
8/3/2016
2005
Muhammad Zakaria
Karachi
8/3/2016
2005
Muhammad Irfan
Karachi
8/3/2016
2005
Muhammad Saleem
Karachi
8/3/2016
2005
Muhammad Qasim
Karachi
8/3/2016
2005
Asad
Karachi
8/11/2016
2009
Obaid Altaf
Karachi
8/16/2016
2004
Muhammad Jawed
Karachi
8/16/2016
2004
Muhamamd Saleem
8/21/2016
2003
Dr. Tariq Mehmoood
8/21/2016
2003
Nur Banu
8/21/2016
2003
Ikramullah
8/21/2016
1997
Gohar Ullah
Hyderabad
8/21/2016
1997
Asad
Hyderabad
8/21/2016
1997
Humayun
Hyderabad
8/21/2016
1997
Tanwir
Hyderabad
8/31/2016
2006
Asif Riaz
Karachi
8/31/2016
2006
Saqib Haroon
Karachi
8/31/2016
2006
Muhammad Shafi
Karachi
9/1/2016
1997
Ali
Rawalpindi
9/1/2016
1997
Raazia Ajmal
Rawalpindi
9/1/2016
1997
Fatima
Rawalpindi
9/7/2016
2004
Naushad Haroon
Karachi
9/10/2016
2004
Sohail Ahmed
Karachi
9/10/2016
2004
Khalid Mahmood
Karachi
9/10/2016
2004
Naila Mahmood
Karachi
9/20/2016
2007
Sheikh Nadeem Zafar
Lahore
9/20/2016
2007
Shafqat Rashid
Karachi
9/20/2016
2007
Quaid Johar
Karachi
9/20/2016
2007
Raheel Mazhar
Karachi
9/20/2016
2007
Ahmed Sheikh
Lahore
9/21/2016
2004
Muhammad Hussain
Karachi
9/29/2016
2003
Abdullah Jan
Bahawalpur
9/29/2016
2003
Shahwez Akhtar
Bahawalpur
9/30/2016
1998
Sajjad
9/30/2016
1998
Shahab
10/10/2016
1997
Mohamed Gibran
Lahore
10/10/2016
1997
Mohamed Zeeshan
Lahore
10/10/2016
1997
Mahvash
Lahore
10/14/2016
2005
Karim
Karachi
10/14/2016
2005
Danus
Karachi
10/14/2016
2005
Spenta
Karachi
11/5/2016
2008
Sohail Ahmed
Karachi
11/10/2016
2004
Muhammad Munaf
Karachi
11/10/2016
2004
Muhammad Amin
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Muhammad Aslam
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Muhammad Irshad
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Mohammed Zafar
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Moosa
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Abdul Jabbar
Karachi
11/29/2016
2004
Imran
Karachi
12/11/2016
2003
Sultan
Karachi
12/11/2016
2003
Irshad
Karachi
12/11/2016
2003
Yasmin
Karachi
12/11/2016
2003
Farhana
Karachi
12/23/2016
2003
Khalid
Karachi
*The list was originally published by geo.tv.