ISLAMABAD
\nThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) has raised questions pertaining to the gifts received by presidents and prime ministers since 1947 and has directed the government to submit these details within a month.
\nIHC Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb issued a written order for the December 26 hearing. The TLTP learnt that as a petitioner, Advocate Abuzar Salman Khan Niazi filed a request for the implementation of the June 29 decision of the Pakistan Information Commission (PIC).
\nThe court has written in its order that according to the petitioner, on April 23, the Cabinet Division was asked for information in this regard, to which it replied that the information is classified and cannot be provided.
\nFollowing this, it noted, the petitioner appealed against this to the PIC, who ordered on June 29 to provide the requested information under the Right to Information Act.
\nIt is worth mentioning here that during the last hearing, Deputy Attorney General Syed Ahsan Raza Shah had apprised the court that he was not sure whether the Toshakhana record before 1990 was available.
\n\u201cSuch information should be present on websites,\u201d he had added.
\nJustice Aurangzeb had asked why the petitioner was limiting the information to the extent of former presidents and prime ministers, and why the public servants should not be included in the list.
\n\u201cThis shows your intention,\u201d Justice Aurangzeb had remarked.
\nHe had added that any petition like this was only related to the prime minister.
\nEarlier last month, the Lahore High Court (LHC) sought the details of gifts taken from the Toshakhana since 1947.
\nJustice Asim Hafeez sought details of the Toshakhana gifts on citizen Munir Ahmed\u2019s plea.
\nDuring the hearing, the federal government\u2019s lawyer had apprised the court that the details could not be provided.
\nHowever, the court had directed the authorities concerned to submit the details of gifts taken from Toshakhana since 1947, by January 16.
\nPTI chief Imran Khan was facing a scandal regarding the Toshakhana gifts for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices, which the former premier denies. TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has raised questions pertaining to the gifts received by presidents and prime ministers since 1947 and has directed the government to submit these details within a month. IHC Justice Miangul Hasan Aurangzeb issued a written order for the December 26 hearing. The TLTP learnt that as a petitioner, Advocate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-305701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n