Pakistan Posts Toshakhana Gift Record For The First Time

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Updated: March 12, 2023 10:47 PM IS

islamabad (Pakistan), March 12 (ANI): For the first time in the history of Pakistanthe federal government registered on sunday Toshakhana gifts since 2002 public, Diary Pakistan informed.
Development comes days later Minister of Defense Jawaja Asif He said the federal government had given the go-ahead to declassify data from the state repository that stores gifts received by public officials from other governments and foreign dignitaries.
Daily Pakistan He reported that the 446-page document contains the record for the period from 2002 to 2023. It reveals the list of gifts received by presidents, prime ministers and federal ministers. During 2023, the current coalition government received 59 gifts from different countries.
According to government-published records, 224 gifts were received in 2022, 116 gifts in 2021, 175 gifts in 2018, and 91 gifts in 2014, while government officials received 177 gifts in 2015.
The document contains records of gifts withheld by former President General (retired) Parvez Musharraf, former Prime Ministers Shaukat Aziz, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Raja Parvez Ashraf, Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan, Daily Pakistan informed.

The record shows that Imran Khan bought a diamond and gold watch worth PKR 85 million, a pair of cufflinks worth PKR 5.67 million, a pen worth PKR 1.5 million, and a ring worth PKR 5.67 million. 8.7 million. The former prime minister retained all the gifts by paying around 20 million PKR.
On top of that, the PTI chief retained another watch worth PKR 3.88 million by paying PKR 754,000.
He Toshakhana department, which was established in 1978, and all civil servants, including parliamentarians and bureaucrats, are required to deposit donations in it. The department became the center of attention when the Electoral Commission of Pakistan launched a lawsuit against former Prime Minister Imran Khan for revealing the details of Toshakhana gifts retained by him in the declaration.
Last year, the ECP also disqualified the head of the PTI from being a member of the National Assembly in the Toshakhana case for not disclosing the gifts. A district and session court in the federal capital also hears a criminal case referred by the electoral body.
In particular, Imran Khan is accused of allegedly concealing details of the gifts in his asset statements that he withheld from the Toshakhanaa repository where gifts given to government officials by foreign officials are kept, Dawn reported.
Officials are legally allowed to withhold gifts if they pay a pre-assessed amount, typically a fraction of the gift’s value, Dawn reported.
He Toshakhana The case relates that Imran had not shared details of the gifts he withheld from Toshaskhana (during his time as Prime Minister) and proceeded with their reported sales. (ME TOO)