Unbelievably absurd yet funny details have come to light from the assets returns filed by the public’s elected representatives of the Parliament’s Lower House in Election Commission of Pakistan. Majority of the MNAs has not shown even a mentionable chunk of the total wealth they posses. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s net assets stand at over Rs194 million. What raises eyebrows, is that a head of state as privileged as Gilani is ‘car-less’ who does not have any vehicle registered in his name. The value of his posh residence in Multan is measured at only Rs6.3 million.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman has one-fifth share in a house in Dera Ismail Khan that values only one hundred thousand rupees. His another house in the same city values Rs2 million while 5 kanals of land in the same area belonging to JUI chief worth only five hundred thousand rupees. Fazl-ur-Rehman’s brother Atta-ur-Rehman has one-fifth share in the same aforesaid house that values a hundred thousand rupees.

ANP chief Asfandyar Wali owns a 1988 model ‘outdated’ vehicle worth Rs500,000. The market value of his inherited residential house is only Rs4 million.

The PPP’s Noor Alam Khan is the richest MNA with his net assets worth over Rs3.52 billion while his party colleague Jamshed Dasti is the ‘poorest’ parliamentarian with no movable or immovable property registered in his name. All he has is a salaried bank account with unspecified amount in it. The PML-Q’s Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi uses an expensive jeep worth over Rs26 million and his total assets stand at Rs179 million. Engineer Amir Maqam from the same party has 17 vehicles that cost Rs26 million.