ISLAMABAD:
The federal cupboard has presented a brand new Toshakhana (present repository) coverage with speedy impact prohibiting all state officers from preserving presents by means of international dignitaries price $300 or extra.
The new coverage – Toshakhana Procedure for the Acceptance and Disposal of Gifts, 2023 – is dated March 8 and was once launched along the Toshakhana data.
A blanket ban on protecting proficient pieces price hundreds of thousands has been put on officers together with the top minister, president, cupboard individuals, judges in addition to civil and armed forces officials. These pieces come with vehicles, watches, jewelry and money, amongst different valuables.
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The worth of the proficient pieces will likely be decided by means of mavens on the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and a personal company. Furthermore, relating to guns, the worth of the pieces will likely be decided by means of the POF and a personal company.
According to the newly presented Toshakhana coverage, all money presents will likely be deposited into the nationwide treasury and all gold and silver cash are to be transferred to the State Bank of Pakistan, whilst proficient automobiles will likely be given to the Central Pool of Cars.
Other proficient pieces are to be displayed at outstanding govt constructions.
Also noteworthy is that the coverage dictates all civil and armed forces officers can handiest purchase proficient pieces price $300 or much less on the marketplace worth handiest.
For all presents exceeding the $300 worth that can not be donated or displayed, electorate will likely be in a position to purchase the pieces thru an open public sale.
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All officers, apart from the top minister and the president, can also be prohibited from accepting presents for his or her members of the family.
Strict punitive motion will likely be taken in opposition to particular person recipients in the event that they fail to adhere to the brand new coverage and all officers will likely be sure to supply main points of the presents they obtain to the Cabinet Division.
The coverage had first been offered sooner than the cupboard in January and after due attention has been licensed these days.
It is also famous that on Monday, the government made the 466-page file of Toshakhana from 2002 to 2023 public by means of importing it at the authentic web site of the Cabinet Division.
The transfer was once made at the directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The recipients of the presents from international dignitaries come with former presidents, top ministers, federal ministers and govt officers.
