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That has more record of PMLN and PPP.
court asked to submit all gift reports before 2000 as well no matter in what shape its available
In other words Imran Khan is not saint but didn't everyone know he is not a saint.In other words, Messiah Khan is not as saintly as promoted by his die hard followers.
Iss Hamam mai sab nangay hain, including Khan.
Hence we should either stay quiet or support Pdm-military establishment since toshakhana gift is equivalent to stealing billions in MayfairWhat to expand? Everybody is corrupt. There are no saints here in Pakistani power circles including Ik.
What IK paid is more then the total amount paid by Nawaz Zardari families .In other words Imran Khan is not saint but didn't everyone know he is not a saint.
Atleast he follows the rules and doesn't has undeclared assets like others
Capt. Safdar ki kus me gia ta. On demand of Qatari.whats the story with pineapples?
correct but he is not a saint, a saint would never choose the path of accepting gifts..but thena saint would neverjoin poltics any way and would never get votes and would never let so many MPAs with plenty of them shady to join him.What IK paid is more then the total amount paid by Nawaz Zardari families .
lol i dont think we have an accurate record but we shouldn't disclose records of pre 1950. last thing you want is to make Jinnah controversial if he kept a pen or something which i doubt he did he was too rich but still,.,.,
‘Who gave these gifts?’: LHC seeks records of Toshakhana gifts from before 2002
Rana Bilal
March 13, 2023
The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the federal government on Monday to submit the records of Toshakhana gifts received by public office holders from foreign governments and dignitaries since 1947.
The Toshakhana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and states and foreign dignitaries.
According to Toshakhana rules, gifts/presents and other such materials received by persons to whom these rules apply shall be reported to the Cabinet Division.
A day ago, the government — after initially expressing reluctance — publicly released the much-awaited records of Toshakhana gifts from 2002 to 2022. It had already submitted the details to the LHC on Feb 21 during the hearing of a petition seeking to make Toshakhana records public.
The plea — filed by Munir Ahmad through Advocate Azhar Siddique last year — had asked to make public complete details of the Toshakhana gifts received by political rulers and bureaucrats from foreign dignitaries since 1947.
However, on Feb 23, the federal government had told the LHC that details since 2002 were being “declassified”. Upon being inquired by Justice Asim Hafeez if the government did not have the records of gifts bought before 2002, the additional attorney general had replied they were not computerised.
The hearing
Hearing the plea today, Justice Hafeez ordered the federal government to submit the complete details today, saying: “Present the [Toshakhana] records from before 2002 in court, no matter in which form they are.”
“The court will pronounce the verdict after having a full review [of the Toshakhana records]. We will also see who were these gifts given by,” he said.
The LHC judge further noted that it was also necessary to review the aspect of “why these gifts are given”.
Here, the petitioner’s counsel asked: “If a minister is taking a gift, it is understandable but those who have public positions, how can they take gifts?”
To that, Justice Hafeez replied that the court did not have jurisdiction over the matter and suggested that the petitioner approaches relevant forums for this purpose.
The hearing was subsequently adjourned for half an hour and later resumed inside Justice Hafeez’s chamber.
During the hearing, the attorney general said that the federal government had drafted a policy related to the Toshakhana. “A 466-page report on making Toshakhana records from 2002 to 2023 public has already been submitted in the court.”
The court then ordered the federal government to submit the minutes of the federal cabinet’s meetings on the Toshakhana matter by March 21 and adjourned the hearing.
The plea
The plea seeking the details was filed by lawyer Munir Ahmad through Advocate Azhar Siddique in December 2022.
The plea stated: “The right to information is an integral part of a progressive democratic state and the same has been elaborated by the superior courts saying the right to information in all matters of public importance is indisputably a fundamental right guaranteed under Article(s) 19 and 19-A of the Constitution.”
According to the petitioner, the right to information stems from the requirement that members of a democratic society should be sufficiently informed that they may intelligently influence the decision which may affect them.
Therefore, he argued, the people of Pakistan had the right to know every public act, everything that is done in a public way, by public functionaries and their chosen representatives.
The petitioner contended that people at large were entitled to know details of every public transaction and acquire information in all matters of public importance.
“This enables people to contribute in debate on social and moral issues and matter of public importance.”
The plea urged the court to order the respondents to make public the details of assets gifted to rulers as well as bureaucrats and also provide the names, details, information, documentation and materials in respect of the persons/officials who have obtained the assets by making the payment.
The petitioner also sought details of the methodology used to determine the price of the Toshakhana articles.
Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs and Interior and Pakistan Information Commission have been arrayed as respondents in the petition.
But exposing them is not enough, people of Pakistan should skin these pigs alive for destroying the lives of many generation of Pakistanis.Allah (SWT) has his own ways of exposing the corrupts.
Patwarion ki shishtar ch** gai hai, they will not show up in this thread