Pakistan’s FIA launches probe against Imran Khan for selling necklace as a gift

Pakistan’s top investigative agency has started investigation against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to media reports on Wednesday, instead of depositing it in the State Gift Store, 18 crores.

The necklace received by Khan as a gift was not sent to the Tosha-Khana (State Gift Store) but to former special assistant Zulfikar Bukhari, who sold it to a jeweler in Lahore. 18 crores, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started an investigation into allegations against Khan that an expensive necklace received as a gift during his tenure was sold to a jeweler. 18 crore instead of depositing it in the State Uphaar Bhandar, the report said.

Public gifts can be kept in a private cell by paying half the price, but Khan, who lost a no-confidence motion in Parliament last week, deposited a few lakh rupees in the national treasury, which was illegal, the report said. stated in.

As per the law, state officials are required to deposit gifts received from dignitaries at the Toshakhana. If they fail to deposit the gift or at least half the amount is worth the gift, it is an illegal act.

This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed.

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