The details of Tosha Khana during the period of 2002 to 2023 revealed that no one was left including political leaders, civil and military bureaucracy, judges of apex court who did not take benefit from the gifts that were received by them during the foreign tours but instead of depositing at Tosha Khana , they all took away with them.
Most of them retained these precious gifts free of cost, or a few personalities deposited a very nominal price in the national exchequer of these costly gifts, which became hardly 10 percent of the total cost of gift.
The revelation of Tosha Khana details makes an old English saying real that “all are tarred with the same brush”. The information exposed the political leadership of the country so badly that the people are astonished at how Tosha Khana was ransacked by the elite class of the country in the last 21 years.
Designate any political leader and you will find his name in the list of beneficiaries of Tosha Khana no matter whether he belongs to whichever political party. From top to bottom almost all the politicians, who remained in the public office even for one month , took full advantage by taking the precious gifts with them to their homes without paying a single penny , or paying minimal amount in the national exchequer.
Those top guns who took gifts from with them of Tosha Khana included current President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif , former Presidents Asif Ali Zardari , General( R) Pervaiz Musharraf , ex-Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Mir Zafar Ullah Khan Jamali, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani, the members of cabinet Ishaq Dar, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former ministers Sheikh Rashid Ahmed , Khurshid Kasuri, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Jahangir Tareen, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Dr. Atta-ur-Rehman and some of close family members of former Presidents , and ex Prime Ministers.
Asif Ali Zardari retained the BMW 760 Li (security version) for only Rs 4 million whereas the price of the vehicle was fixed at 27.3 million in 2009 . Similarly he retained three wristwatches worth 3.25 million after paying Rs 668,469-00 in 2011.
The former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif retained a Mercedes Benz car in 2008 by just paying Rs 636,000 whereas the price of the car was fixed at 4.25 million.
While ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan received five precious watches worth Rs 3.8 million but he paid only Rs 754,000 in the national exchequer in 2018.
In the same year he also retained wristwatches , cufflinks , pen and a diamond ring. The total price of these items were fixed at Rs 100.85 million but he paid only Rs 20 million for these gifts . Besides this he retained two more Rolex watches with the total cost of Rs 2.6 million while he deposited Rs 636,600 in the national exchequer.
In 2019 he also retained watches with the worth of 6.3 million while he paid Rs 3.335 million for these gifts. Khan’s better-half Bushra Bibi also retained some jewelry from Tosha Khana by paying Rs 9.00 million , whereas the actual price of the gifts were Rs 14.25 million.
President Dr. Arif Alvi and his wife Samina Alvi retained a necklace by paying Rs 865,000 but the actual cost of the jewelry was fixed Rs 1.19 million, whereas he kept one watch whose estimated cost was fixed Rs 2.5 million , whereas the President paid Rs 1.2 million for the gift.
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf also retained a Graff watch which cost Rs 890,000 but he paid only Rs 218,000 for the gift.
Sheikh Rashid Ahmed received a gift of two gold coins for only Rs 3420 , Khurshid Kauri retained many gifts in 2005 even without paying a single penny .