By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A local court on Tuesday said it will charge former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case on February 7.
Khan, the old cricketer-turned-politician, is in the crosshairs for buying gifts, including an expensive Graff wristwatch he had received as prime minister at a discounted price from the state depository called Toshakhana and selling them for profit.
The judge of an additional sessions court in Islamabad, Zafar Iqbal, heard the case on Tuesday and fixed February 7 as the indictment date.
Khan was also ordered to pay Rs20,000 as bond.
On October 21 last year, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief made “false statements and incorrect declarations” regarding these gifts.
He was subsequently disqualified by the ECP for making “false statements and incorrect declaration” in the Toshakhana issue.
According to the ECP records, the gifts were purchased from the Toshakhana — the state depository established in 1974 — for Rs21.5 million on the basis of their assessed value, while they were valued at around Rs108 million.
According to law, overseas presents need to be deposited in the Toshakhana or treasury for valuation before allowing a recipient to keep it. Officials in the government are required to report any gifts they receive, but they have a threshold below which they don’t have to disclose the full value.
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