Former deputy prime minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi seems to be the luckiest legislator of 2012.

He won a ‘prize’ worth Rs12.634 million which augmented the hefty salary he drew from the public exchequer as the deputy prime minister.Nomination papers uploaded by the Election Commission of Pakistan on its website reveal some rather interesting details regarding the financial history of former lawmakers during the past three years.

According to his nomination form, Elahi drew a salary of approximately Rs7.7 million during 2010 and 2011 – but failed to mention his earnings in 2012.However, his papers say that he won an ‘undefined prize’ worth Rs12.634 million last year.He paid taxes worth Rs1.263 million during 2012 from his prize money, Rs 791,938 during 2011 and Rs 535,131 during 2010.

Elahi also paid agriculture tax worth Rs289,725 from his 60 acres of land during the last three years. Once again, his form fails to mention his industrial income.He declared in his form that neither he nor his spouse, or any dependents, own any industries.

Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi paid over Rs17 million as tax during the past three years from his sources of income, which included his salary, property and agricultural income.

Qureshi mentioned that he holds 2,886 kanals of land and paid agricultural taxes worth Rs 89,050 in three years – 2012 and 2010 – from an annual agriculture earning of around Rs5 million.