Pakistan PM Imran Khan embarrasses country, accused of secretly selling official gifts

On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, on the occasion of the Eid-Milad-Un-Nabi, the opposition parties of Pakistan, the Pakistan Democratic Movement president Maulana Fazlur Rehman accused PM Imran Khan of selling the gifts he received from the heads of the other countries.

Exchange Of Gifts

The gifts are exchanged between the heads or officers on a constitutional position of the several counties frequently. According to the gift depository rules, these gifts are meant to be sold at an open auction. Until then, these are the property of the State. These rules also allow retaining advantages with MRP less than Rs 10,000 without paying anything.

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Accusations of the opposition

The Vice President of PML-N Maryam Nawaz tweeted in Urdu that PM sold the gifts he received from the other countries, including the watch worth $1million given to him by the prince of a Gulf country. The watch was sold in Dubai by PM’s close aid, and the prince knows about it. To Khan’s statement of setting up a state of Madina, she called him insensitive, deaf, blind, and dumb.

@MaryamNSharif PMLN VP, tweeted:
"Imran Khan has sold the gifts he received from other countries"
"Caliph Hazrat Omar was accountable for his shirt & robe & you (Imran Khan), on the other hand, looted foreign gifts… How can a person be this insensitive, deaf, dumb & blind?" pic.twitter.com/101Wg4ke26
— INDIA NARRATIVE (@india_narrative) October 21, 2021

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said in a press conference on Wednesday that PM Imran Khan defamed Pakistan with his deeds.

The opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement(PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman said this act is shameful. Social media is currently filed with such reports.

Pakistan's Opposition parties have accused Khan of selling gifts he received from other heads of state
This includes an expensive watch worth USD 1 Mn which reportedly was gifted by a prince of a Gulf country to Khan & sold by close his aide in Dubai for USD 1Mn#IndiaNarrative pic.twitter.com/EtuEs1QsUQ
— INDIA NARRATIVE (@india_narrative) October 21, 2021

Justification from the PM’s side

The special assistant to the Prime Minister for Political Communication, Dr. Shahbaz Gill, earlier said that the government was maintaining secrecy over the details of gifts received by Prime Minister Khan from the heads of the other states.

If the lists were released, they would be compared to the other countries, which is inappropriate, especially with the Islamic countries with whom Pakistan has brotherly relations. The disclosing of the prices is the national agreement. This was done in response to a citizen’s application by the Pakistan Information Commission from Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf(PTI) government. This matter was challenged in the Islamabad high court for not disclosing the amount received on selling the gifts, as these are considered classified.

Exchange Of Gifts

Accusations of the opposition

Justification from the PM’s side

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