PPP Vice President and Senator Sherry Rehman on Monday hit hard at former prime minister for concealing the details of Toshakhana gifts which she claimed the latter had sold at profit, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.  

In a statement, the PPP senator lamented that when former PM Imran Khan was asked about the details of Toshakhana gifts by Pakistan Information Commission last year, the government flatly refused to divulge details. She said Imran called others thieves and corrupt, but he hid the information regarding gifts himself.

She derided the PTI government claim that if the details of record were divulged, they might have hurt our ties with the countries which presented these gifts.

She wondered that Imran thought about hurting our relations with other countries at the time of revealing details of Toshakhana gifts but he forgot about these ties when in order to save his government he was waving ‘threat letter’ during his public rally.

She said Imran was running away from transparency and tried to rely on the Official Secret Act. She was of the view that buying gifts according to law was not an issue, but hiding details and selling gifts at profit was illegal.

She alleged Imran bought gifts from Toshakhana at very cheap price but sold them at exorbitant rate thus minting profit.

She bemoaned that when Imran himself was indulged in the trade of buying and selling Toshakhana gifts, he was calling people who were asking about details of these gifts country’s enemy.

Reporter Usman Javed