Aneel Musarrat says advising Imran Khan for free to build 5 million homes

LONDON: Millionaire British Pakistani entrepreneur Aneel Musarrat has said that he is not taking any formal position in his friend Imran Khan’s cabinet but will be providing advice on Imran Khan’s plans to build 5 million homes.Since Imran Khan took oath as Prime Minister of Pakistan, there have been lot of speculation about the role of Aneel Musarrat whose pictures with Imran Khan and few other top Pakistani officials went viral. The latest speculation involves around images in which the prime minister is chairing a meeting in which British nationals Aneel Musarrat and Sahibzada Jahangir can be seen sitting in the official media – with some in media questioning about their role and position in the new government.Aneel Musarrat was seen again in the cabinet meeting on Monday where the prime minister chaired meeting to review progress on the formulation of a road-map for construction of five million houses across the country.Sahibzada Jahangir, elder brother of Fauzia Kasuri, is amongst Imran Khan’s oldest friends, one of the PTI founders and Khan’s advisor on overseas Pakistanis while Aneel Musarrat has known Imran Khan from 2004 onwards.Speaking to this correspondent for the first time about his role, Aneel Musarrat confirmed that he is not taking any formal position with the government of Pakistan and has no plans of doing business in Pakistan.During the meeting, said Aneel Musarrat, it was decided that PM Imran will take ownership of the initiative in order to ensure smooth implementation and remove any administrative bottlenecks.Aneel Musarrat said that he will not be doing business in Pakistan to avoid conflict of interest. “Alhamdullilah, I am doing profitable businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe and the profit return is good. I am interested in Pakistan only because its country of my origin and I want to give something back, not get anything. I will not do any business and I will not get any money for advising Imran Khan’s task force on housing.However, the millionaire businessman confirmed that he will be giving advice to Imran Khan’s team dedicated to provide five million houses equipped with all basic facilities.

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