[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal deposited the entire assessed amount of the gifts he held from Toshakhana during the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N2018 )’s tenure.
Iqbal claimed in his letter to Cabinet Secretary Amir Ashraf Khawaja that he had received three gifts from Toshakhana: a Rolex gents’ watch, a Rolex ladies’ watch, and a carpet.
According to the letter, the men’s watch was valued at Rs1.550,000, the women’s watch at Rs775,000, and the carpet at Rs139,000.
In exchange, he paid Rs304,000, Rs149,000, and Rs20,000 for the products listed above. “I received the […] articles properly after paying the required money to the Cabinet Division,” he stated.
But Iqbal stated that even though he is “not obligated to make any more payment for the same”, he is paying the remaining amount to dispel “any erroneous claim or even an iota of doubt that I wrongfully benefitted from the gifts”.
The planning minister deposited a cheque for Rs1,991,000 into the national kitty.
In accordance with the directives of the Lahore High Court (LHC), the federal government made public on Sunday the list of state officials who received Toshakhana gifts since 2002.
According to the information, Khan retained one watch (Graff No.AU750) in 18-carat gold and diamond valued at Rs85 million, a set of cufflinks (about Rs5.6 million), one pen (Rs1.5 million), and a ring (Rs8.7 million) while depositing only Rs20.17 million in Toshakhana.
Former President Asif Ali Zardari also kept a BMW 760 Li (Security version, model No.2008) — valued at Rs57,828,705 — and a Toyota Lexus LX 470 (Security version) — valued at Rs50,000,000 — by depositing a total of roughly Rs16.1 million.
He also paid Rs4.09m for another BMW 760 Li white (Security version) (Model No.2004) at Rs27,339,370.
By putting Rs0.243 million in Toshakhana in 2013, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif retained one Rolex Watch Oyster Perpetual N Series 0835D018 (about Rs1.18 million), one pair of cufflinks with a pen (Rs0.025 million), and four commemorative coins of the Central Bank of Kuwait (Rs0.015 million).
Kulsoom Nawaz, Nawaz Sharif’s wife, kept one bracelet worth Rs12.7 million and one necklace and earrings worth Rs41.6 million by depositing Rs10.8 million in 2016.
Former Prime Ministers Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Yousaf Raza Gillani, as well as former Finance Minister Sartaj Aziz, ex-President Pervez Musharraf, and present Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, are all on the list.
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