ISLAMABAD: federal government on Sunday made public long awaited entries of Toshakhan gifts received public office-owners of foreign governments and dignitaries since 2002, on governments website.
record including 446 pages gifts received in Toshakhan from year from 2002 to 2023. Names of former presidents, prime ministers, federal ministers and government officers were mentioned in V list along with details of V gifts kept for them.
The department was in V news in recent months in light of proceedings against former prime minister Imran Khan for “do not share details” of Toshakhan gifts.
Last month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced in governments plans do the whole record public. He had also forbade officials to keep gifts worth more than 300 dollars.
Established in 1974, Toshakhana – administrative department. of department of the Cabinet of Ministers and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and officials by the heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries.
According to Toshahana rules, gifts/gifts and other materials received by persons to whom these rules the application must be reported to a department of the Cabinet of Ministers.
government put a document on V website containing record of former President Pervez Musharraf and former prime Ministers Shaukat Aziz, Yusuf Raza Gilani, Nawaz Sharif, Raja Perwaiz Ashraf and Imran Khan. Names of present prime minister Shahbaz Sharif and President Dr. Arif Alvi were also included in V list.
Below are some of V more significant findings regarding gifts kept from Toshakhana by political leaders over of the year:
Nawaz Sharif
Three times former prime minister and PML-N Supreme Leader Nawaz Sharif retained Mercedes Benz (Rs 4.2 million) in April 2008 after payment of Rs 636,888. for This. In November 2913, he kept a Rolex wristwatch (1.18 million rupees) by paying total of 243,000 rupees for this and some others items.
He also kept a Piaget wrist watch (1 million rupees) in January 2015 after payment of Rs 240,000 for this and box of perfume.
In January 2016, he kept a Christopher Claret watch (Rs 2 million), a ring (Rs 19.5 million) and a pair of watches. of cufflinks (16 million rupees) after payment total of 7.6 million rupees for them and some others items. Meanwhile, his wife Kulsum Nawaz kept the bracelet (Rs 12.7 million), necklace and earring (Rs 41.6 million) by paying Rs 10.8 million. for their.
In February 2016, Nawaz kept a Dela Cour watch (Rs 3.2 million), a ring (Rs 8 million) and a pair of watches. of cufflinks (5 million rupees) after payment of 3.2 million rupees for their. In October 2016, he kept a Rolex watch (Rs 1.2 million) and another Rolex watch (Rs 850,000) by paying Rs 469,000. for them and some others items.
In March 2017, his son, Hussain Nawaz, kept a Rolex watch (940,000 rupees) after paying 186,000 rupees. for This. Meanwhile, the PML-N supreme leader himself kept the diamond necklace (1 million rupees) by paying 207,560 rupees. for This is also a table clock.
In May 2017, Nawaz kept a Rolex wrist watch (4 million rupees) by paying 808,000 rupees. for This.
Imran Khan
Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan in In September 2018, Graff wristwatches remained (85 million rupees), a pair of cufflinks (5.6 million rupees), pen (1.5 million rupees) and ring (8.75 million rupees) after payment of 20 million rupees for their.
In October 2018, he kept a Rs 3.8 million Rolex watch after paying Rs 754,000. for This. This was followed by another Rolex watch (1.5 million rupees). in a month after payment of 294,000 rubles. for This.
In October 2019, he kept a watch in a box worth Rs 1.9 million, paying Rs 935,000. for This.
In September 2020, Imran kept another Rs 4.4 million Rolex watch after paying Rs 2.4 million. for this and number of another gifts. In the same month, his wife Bushra Bibi also kept a necklace (10 million rupees), a bracelet (2.4 million rupees), a ring (2.8 million rupees) and a pair of earrings (1.85 million rupees) after payment of 9 million rupees for their.
It should be mentioned that former prime minister and Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Perwaiz Ashraf also kept a Graff wristwatch worth Rs 890,000. in November 2012 after payment total of 218,000 rupees for this and more items.
Asif Ali Zardari
Former PPP President and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari in January 2009 retained BMW car (57.8 million rupees) and Toyota Lexus (50 million rupees) after payment total of 16.1 million rupees for them and another BMW car (27.3 million rupees) after paying 4 million rupees.
In March 2011, he kept the wristwatch (Rs 1 million) by paying Rs 158,250. for this and some others items. In June 2011, he kept a Corum wristwatch (1.25 million rupees) after paying total of Rs 189,219 for this and some others items. This was followed by another Cartier wrist watch (1 million rupees). in October 2011 with payment of 321,000 rupees for this and gun.
