19 BVI companies included in the list of 1.5 million assets owned by the family of Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani Prime Minister

In accordance to information given in the Pakistani press (“The News”), details of the assets $1.5 billion worth (almost Rs 90 billion) supposedly owned by Benazir Bhutto and her family are now under wide circulation through the electronic mail service. It is claimed in the source that the details of the assets are the same as reflected in the record of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), however, the author of the e-mail containing this information preferred to stay anonymous for some reasons. Nevertheless, a top government official on Wednesday shared these details with media.

Pakistan People’s Party and its top leaders have been constantly denying that Benazir owned assets $1.5 billion worth, insisting that the corruption cases were politically motivated. However, the NAB and its predecessor Ehtesab Bureau have named the figure of $1.5 billion as the looted money.

The lately circulated e-mail, mentioned above, contained the details of the assets of Benazir Bhutto, with their cost value as declared for the assessment year 1999-2000. Among the other, the list included Benazir’s agricultural assets, agricultural assets claimed as exempts; numerous bank accounts in Switzerland, Dubai, United Kingdom and U.S., properties in the UK, U.S. and France.

There are 19 companies registered in the British Virgin Islands that have concern to the $1.5 billion worth assets listed in the e-mail. These are:

• Bomer Finance Inc
• Mariston Secuties Inc
• Marleton Business S A
• Capricorn Trading S A
• Dargal Associated S A
• Fagarita Consulting Inc.
• Marvil Associated Inc
• Penbury Finance Ltd
• Oxton Trading Ltd
• Brinslen Invest, S A
• Climitex Holding, S A
• Elkins Holding, S A
• Minterler Invest Ltd
• Silvernut Investments Inc
• Tacolen Investments Ltd
• Tulerston Invest, S A
• Marledon Invest S A
• Dustan Trading Inc
• Reconstruction and Development Finance Inc

After listing these details, the e-mail message says: “Based on available data the total value of the located assets amount to $1.5 billion approximately, as estimated.”