Islamabad: Pakistan’s Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb has claimed that former Prime Minister Imran Khan has kept a luxurious car worth 150 million Pakistani rupees after he was removed from office through a no-confidence motion last month. . “Imran Khan took a BMW X5 car with him which is one of the fleets of cars of the Prime Minister’s Office for foreign delegations,” Maryam said on Sunday. It is bulletproof and was bought six years ago for around 30 million Pakistani rupees.
‘Imran wants to have a car with him’
Dawn newspaper quoted the minister as saying that Khan insisted that he wanted to keep the car with him, while earlier he himself had criticized previous governments for keeping expensive cars in the prime minister’s residence. The minister also claimed that Khan also kept a handgun gifted by a diplomat from another country, which should have been deposited in Toshkhana.
What does the law of Pakistan say about gifts?
According to the law of Pakistan, gifts received from a guest of another country should be kept in Toshkhana. Imran Khan was removed from office after he was defeated in the no-confidence motion last month. Since then his party Tehreek-e-Insaf has been facing a standoff over foreign gifts from the Shahbaz Sharif-led government.
A fortnight ago, the Islamabad High Court ordered the new government to make public the details of gifts received by Khan on his official visits, saying that the gifts given by governments of other countries to government officials belonged to the government of Pakistan, not to a particular individual. No. In response, Khan said that those gifts belong to him and it is his choice whether he keeps them with him or not. Khan said, “My gift, my wish.”
Took bribes, earned money by scamming in flour and sugar
He also said that Imran did not only scam on government gifts, but he had also earned a lot of money by doing sugar and flour scams. Aurangzeb further says that after coming to Pakistan, a diplomat of another country had gifted Imran with a handgun. But instead of depositing it in the depository of the country, Imran sold it at an expensive price.
Hanging arrest sword
Meanwhile, there is news that Imran Khan can be arrested anytime. According to Pakistani media reports, a case has been registered against Imran Khan under blasphemy sections and he can be arrested anytime. At the same time, Imran Khan’s party has termed the case registered against the former Prime Minister as illegal, but it is reported that the current government can take strict action against Imran Khan.
