Liaqat Khan Tarakai | |
Native Name: | لیاقت خان ترکئی |
Office: | Member of the Senate of Pakistan |
Term Start: | March 2021 |
Office1: | Member of the Senate of Pakistan |
Term Start1: | March 2015 |
Term End1: | March 2021[1] |
Office2: | Managing Director Gloria Jean’s Coffees International |
Term Start2: | March 2008 |
Office3: | Managing Partner DHA Cogen.Ltd/AEI Energy International Houston USA |
Term Start3: | August 2006 |
Office4: | Chief Executive Officer Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts |
Term Start4: | November 1999 |
Office5: | Chief Executive Officer Japan Power |
Term Start5: | April 1992 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2021-present) |
Relatives: | Usman Khan Tarakai (cousin) Mohammad Ali Tarakai (brother) |
Children: | Shahram Khan Faisal Khan Tarakai Jehangir Khan Tarakai |
Liaqat Khan Tarakai (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|لیاقت خان ترکئی) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who is serving his second term as Member of the Senate of Pakistan since March 2021, representing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Liaqat Khan Tarakai was born in Tarakai House of Razar Tehsil, Swabi district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
In his declaration of assets and liabilities to the Election Commission of Pakistan in March 2015, he declared only the total current value of his immoveable properties held within Pakistan, at without giving any further details or addresses and declared that he had no immoveable property outside Pakistan.
He declared his business capital within Pakistan as, one vehicle, jewelry worth, cash in hand, bank balance, and furniture valued at .
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the 2015 Pakistani Senate election.[2] [3] [4]
He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the 2021 Pakistani Senate election.[5]
On 12 May 2016, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed in offshore data leaks that Liaqat incorporated the offshare company Ambassador Overseas Limited in the British Virgin Islands in 1998 without Tarakai in his name. The offshore company is linked with the Pakistani company Imperial Cigarette Industries Pvt LTD, which is Tarakais main business. The News International sent questions to Liaqat and his son Shahram Khan, who received them but declined to comment.[6]