Lahore: Pakistan’s opposition parties on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister of Imran Khan To sell gifts received from the heads of other countries, including an expensive $1 million watch.
During state visits, exchange of gifts between heads of states or officials holding constitutional posts takes place regularly. As per the rules of the Gift Depository (Toshakhana), these gifts will remain the property of the state until they are sold in an open auction. The Express Tribune newspaper reported that the rules allow officers to keep gifts of less than Rs 10,000 market value without paying anything.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz tweeted in Urdu: “Imran Khan has sold gifts received from other countries.”
“Caliph Hazrat Umar (companion of Prophet Muhammad) was accountable for his shirt and robe and on the other hand, you (Imran Khan) looted foreign gifts from Toshkhana and you are talking of establishing the kingdom of Medina? How can a person Is (Khan) insensitive, deaf, dumb and blind?” Asked the daughter of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Opposition Coalition – Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – President Maulana Fazlur Rehman Said that there are reports that Prime Minister Khan has sold a precious watch he got from a prince. He said, ‘It is shameful.
There are reports doing the rounds on social media that Khan was gifted a million dollar watch by a prince from a Gulf country. The watch was reportedly sold by a close aide of Khan in Dubai and the prime minister was given $1 million. Rajkumar reportedly knows about the sale of a watch gifted to Khan.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah In a press conference on Wednesday, Pakistan has been brought into disrepute due to the alleged sale of gifts received by the heads of state to the prime minister from other countries.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr. Shahbaz Gill, had earlier said that the government was “maintaining confidentiality” on the details of gifts received by Prime Minister Khan from heads of other countries as it is considered unfair to release their list and “compare them with other countries, especially Islamic countries”. by whom Pakistan enjoys. Brotherly relations”
“Usually PM Imran Khan submits such gifts to Toshkhana, however, if he wants to keep them with him, he will have to pay an amount for it,” he said.
Last month, the Pakistan government refused to make public the details of gifts given to the prime minister by foreign heads of state, saying the disclosure could harm the country’s national interest and its relations with other states, as the Pakistan Information Commission said. had sought details from Pakistan. Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in response to an application by a citizen on the issue.
The PTI government has challenged the matter in the Islamabad High Court, arguing that the details of gifts received by the prime minister have been designated as “classified”, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.
During state visits, exchange of gifts between heads of states or officials holding constitutional posts takes place regularly. As per the rules of the Gift Depository (Toshakhana), these gifts will remain the property of the state until they are sold in an open auction. The Express Tribune newspaper reported that the rules allow officers to keep gifts of less than Rs 10,000 market value without paying anything.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz tweeted in Urdu: “Imran Khan has sold gifts received from other countries.”
“Caliph Hazrat Umar (companion of Prophet Muhammad) was accountable for his shirt and robe and on the other hand, you (Imran Khan) looted foreign gifts from Toshkhana and you are talking of establishing the kingdom of Medina? How can a person Is (Khan) insensitive, deaf, dumb and blind?” Asked the daughter of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Opposition Coalition – Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – President Maulana Fazlur Rehman Said that there are reports that Prime Minister Khan has sold a precious watch he got from a prince. He said, ‘It is shameful.
There are reports doing the rounds on social media that Khan was gifted a million dollar watch by a prince from a Gulf country. The watch was reportedly sold by a close aide of Khan in Dubai and the prime minister was given $1 million. Rajkumar reportedly knows about the sale of a watch gifted to Khan.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah In a press conference on Wednesday, Pakistan has been brought into disrepute due to the alleged sale of gifts received by the heads of state to the prime minister from other countries.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr. Shahbaz Gill, had earlier said that the government was “maintaining confidentiality” on the details of gifts received by Prime Minister Khan from heads of other countries as it is considered unfair to release their list and “compare them with other countries, especially Islamic countries”. by whom Pakistan enjoys. Brotherly relations”
“Usually PM Imran Khan submits such gifts to Toshkhana, however, if he wants to keep them with him, he will have to pay an amount for it,” he said.
Last month, the Pakistan government refused to make public the details of gifts given to the prime minister by foreign heads of state, saying the disclosure could harm the country’s national interest and its relations with other states, as the Pakistan Information Commission said. had sought details from Pakistan. Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in response to an application by a citizen on the issue.
The PTI government has challenged the matter in the Islamabad High Court, arguing that the details of gifts received by the prime minister have been designated as “classified”, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.
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