On Sunday, Pakistan made public the small print of international items retained by public workplace holders between 2002 and 2022. The particulars had been up to date on the web site of the Cabinet Division.
By India Today World Desk: Imran Khan obtained 5 costly wristwatches, together with a Graff watch, value 3.8 million Pakistani rupees (PKR) — round Rs 1.1 million at present charges — in items throughout his tenure because the prime minister of Pakistan, information launched by the nation’s authorities confirmed. Khan retained these items in October 2018 after paying 1 / 4 of one million.
In September 2018, Khan paid PKR 20 million to retain a distinct Graff wristwatch value PKR 85 million, a pair of cufflinks value PKR 5.6 million, a pen value PKR 1.5 million, and a hoop value PKR 8.75 million.
A Rolex value PKR 1.5 million was additionally retained by Khan for PKR 294,000.
In November 2018, he retained one other Rolex value PKR 900,000 and paid PKR 338,600 for it and another objects.
A yr later, in October 2019, he retained a boxed watch, assessed at PKR 1.9 million for Rs 935,000. In September 2020, one other Rolex, assessed at PKR 4.4 million, was retained for PKR 2.4 million. This quantity additionally included different items.
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The identical month, his spouse, Bushra Bibi, stored a necklace value PKR 10 million, a bracelet value PKR 2.4 million, a hoop value PKR 2.8 million, and a pair of earrings value PKR 1.85 million for PKR 9 million.
The information was launched as Pakistan amended its Toshakhana coverage to cap the items for its high officers at beneath $300. The new coverage comes amid the notorious Toshakhana case, by which Imran Khan is accused of not sharing particulars of among the items he obtained.
On Sunday, Pakistan made public the small print of international items retained by public workplace holders, together with the nation’s presidents, prime ministers, federal cabinet members, politicians, bureaucrats, retired generals, judges and journalists between 2002 and 2022. The particulars had been up to date on the web site of the Cabinet Division.
Prominent personalities who benefited from the Toshakhana items included President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, former prime ministers Imran Khan, Nawaz Sharif, Shaukat Aziz, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, and Zafarullah Khan Jamali, former presidents Asif Ali Zardari and Pervez Musharraf, and different high politicians.
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Here’s a listing of items retained by Pakistan’s high politicians between 2002 and 2022:
Nawaz Sharif
The three-time prime minister and PML-N chief, Nawaz Sharif, between 2008 and 2017, retained a Mercedes Benz, a number of high-end wristwatches, together with Rolex and Piaget, jewelry and different objects value PKR 119.58 million. He paid simply PKR 24.39 million for them.
Asif Ali Zardari
Former president and PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari in January 2009 retained a BMW automotive and a Toyota Lexus, value over PKR 100 million, for simply PKR 16.1 million. He received one other BMW automotive for simply PKR 4 million.
In 2011, he retained two wristwatches value PKR 3.25 million, a gun and different objects for simply PKR 668,469.
Arif Alvi
President Dr Arif Alvi’s spouse, Samina Alvi, retained a necklace value PKR 1.19 million in October 2019 and paid PKR 865,000 for it and different objects in a jewelry field. The president himself retained a PKR 2.25 million Rolex wristwatch in February 2022 for PKR 1.2 million.
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Other leaders
Former prime minister and National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf retained a Graff wristwatch assessed at Rs 890,000 in November 2012 after paying Rs 218,000 for it and different objects.
Ex-premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi retained a Hublot wristwatch, value Rs 15 million, a pair of cufflinks, value PKR 1.2 million, a pen, value PKR 1.5 million, a hoop, value PKR 3 million and prayer beads, value PKR 1.85 million in October 2017 after paying PKR 4.5 million. His spouse Sameena Shahid additionally retained a jewelry set, value PKR 99 million, for PKR 19.99 million.
In November 2017, Abbasi retained a PKR 23 million Rolex watch field set after paying PKR 4.59 million. In April 2018, he retained one other Rolex wristwatch value PKR 25 million after paying PKR 5.27 million for it and different objects.
Former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gillani’s spouse, Fauzia Gillani, retained a PKR 2 million jewelry set for PKR 326,043 in December 2009.
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Published On:
Mar 14, 2023
