PM creates Syed Tariq Fatemi, the Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), the Secretaries of the Cabinet Division and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Law and Justice, and Information and Broadcasting, Khawaja Zaheer Ahmed, and the former Director-General of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Aftab Sultan are among the other members. Separately, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid close attention to the Rs 50,000 federal excise charge that was being collected from travellers at the airports. He was quite upset that federal excise tax was being collected from travellers at the airports. committee to develop and advance the new Toshakhana policy committee was established by the prime minister on Saturday to develop and recommend a new Toshakhana policy.
Secretary of the Cabinet Ahmed Nawaz Sukhera tweeted this information along with a notification of the Cabinet Division. Sukhera continued in the tweet, “It’s (committee) been given one month to accomplish the assignment, with instructions that it should be more open, transparent, having adequate provision for declassification, & in line with international best practises.
The “Procedure for the Acceptance and Disposal of Gifts, 2018” will be reviewed/revised holistically by the committee, and a new draught will be created in accordance with the notification. The proposal ought to include adequate declassification mechanisms and be more transparent and open. The new Toshakhana Procedure should be considered in light of transparency requirements and worldwide best practices..