The laws of Toshakhana, the state repository for presents received by government officials, have undergone unlawful revisions and major inconsistencies throughout time, as revealed by a special audit report released by the Auditor General of Pakistan.
The audit’s main conclusions show that numerous amendments to the Toshakhana bylaws were made without Cabinet consent. The modifications were implemented during a number of previous administrations, including the People’s Party, the PML-N, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and the Pervez Musharraf administration.
The audit uncovered a number of irregularities in the way presents were handled. For example, the Pakistani prime minister’s team visited China in 1956 was given expensive presents by Chinese officials.
But copies bought from Hong Kong were put in the Toshakhana instead of being deposited. It became clear that the officials kept the real gifts.
According to the research, all of the legal leniencies extended to prime leaders over the years are unlawful. It speaks about anomalies that were committed in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2017, and 2018, when revisions eliminated the regulations.
