Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. Photo: File

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Dar has claimed that Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is also an employee of a Dubai-based company.

Asif is a senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader who is also reportedly tipped to be the interim premier in case Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sent packing by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case.

Dar, who lost the 2013 General Elections to Asif in the NA-110 constituency, said Asif did not declare his Iqama [contract] and employment with the company in the nomination papers he filed with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Dar also posted on Twitter Asif's passport copy showing the Iqama.

Responding to the allegations, Asif said the salary he received through the Iqama has been declared with the ECP and Federal Bureau of Revenue for the last 27 years.

?I receive the funds from proper banking channels from 1983,? he said, adding that he operates a bank account in Abu Dhabi since 1983.