Other members of the Senate who paid the highest tax include: Senator Mohsin Aziz of PTI paid Rs 8,896,012; Senator Sajjad Hussain from FATA paid Rs 5,877,912; and Mir Kabir Ahmad of National Party paid Rs 5,497,855. In tax year 2015, Senator Taj Muhammad Afridi was the top taxpayer with Rs 41,712,425 followed by PTI's Jahangir Tareen with Rs 37,607,528 tax. The Members of the National Assembly who paid the highest tax include: Jahangir Khan Tareen paid Rs 53,677,426; Sheikh Fayyaz Uddin of PML-N paid Rs 9,424,025; Isphanyar Bhandara of PML-N paid Rs 8,889,756; Hamza Shehbaz Sharif of PMLN paid Rs 7,038,777 and Asad Umar of PTI paid Rs 6,368,864.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Noor Saleem Malik of JUI-F paid Rs 25,622,102 followed by Sardar Zahoor Ahmad of PML-N paid Rs 11,529,321 and Amjad Khan Afridi of PTI paid Rs 6,432,672. In Punjab Assembly, the highest taxpayers are Shehbaz Sharif of PML-N with Rs 9,531,060; Chaudhry Arshad Javaid Warraich of PML-N paid Rs 8,933,167; Sheikh Alaudin of PML-N paid Rs 5,453,605 and Moonis Elahi of PML-Q paid Rs 5,186,489. In Balochistan Assembly the highest taxpayers are Akber Askaani of PML-N with Rs 2,649,290; Mir Hammal of Balochistan National Party paid Rs 2,047,048; Raza Muhammad Barrech of Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party paid Rs 2,035,819 and Molana Abdul Wasay of JUI-F paid Rs 1,869,114.
In Sindh Assembly the highest taxpayers are Eng. Pesu Mal of PPP who paid Rs 8,689,390; Lal Chand Ukrani of PPP paid Rs 2,332,311 and Sharjeel Inam Memon of PPP paid Rs 2,185,304 in taxes.
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