'Incomplete list': PTI demands disclosure of Toshakhana gifts retained by generals and judges.

A day after the government made public the details of foreign gifts retained by public office holders from 2002 to 2022, the PTI demanded on Monday that details of the Toshakhana gifts received by military generals and judges should also be disclosed.

Established in 1974, the ToshaAkhana 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.

On Sunday, the details of Toshakhana were updated on the website of the Cabinet Division. Prominent personalities who benefited from the gifts included President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, former premier Imran Khan, ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, ex-president Asif Ali Zardari, later military dictator Pervez Musharraf and others.

As per the documents, most of the gifts were retained by the office holders free of cost except for a few ones. In return for the gifts received from foreign dignitaries, these public office holders, especially the rulers, gave away gifts worth millions of rupees to the foreign delegates.

In a video statement shared on PTI's Twitter today, former information minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the list of Toshkhana gifts had revealed how the 'Sharif and Zardari families looted the Toshakhana'.

'This list is another evidence of the way these families betrayed the people of Pakistan. In the last 15 months, these people levelled a string of accusations against Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi related to Toshakhana.

'But the reality is that if there was anyone who opted for a legal way to retain the Toshakhana gifts, it was Imran Khan,' the PTI leader said, adding that his party chairman had retained the least number of gifts.

He claimed that the Zardari and Sharif families 'blatantly misused the law' and retained gifts worth millions. 'They didn't even leave a box of pineapples.'

Chaudhry further said that the list released by the government was 'incomplete' as it only included records from 2002.

'A list of gifts retained since before 1988 should be released and along with that, the gifts of generals and judges should be included in the list.

'I believe that the idea of sacred doctrine should come to an end in Pakistan and with politicians, the...