Explained: the Toshakhana case against ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Imran Khan is facing heat for alleged irregularities in handling gifts received by him as the prime minister of Pakistan. Let's take a look at the charges against Khan in the Toshakhana case.

Created in 1978, Toshakhana is a government department which handles the gifts given to Pakistan officials.

Gifts costing upto Pakistani Rs 30,000 can be kept by the president or prime minister but more expensive gifts are to be kept in the Toshakhana according to the Pakistani law.

Toshakhana, which means the house of treasure, also consists of an evaluation committee which determines the amount to be paid by an official if he/she wishes to hold onto a gift.

Imran raised this amount from 20% of the gift value to 50% when he came to power in 2018.

Imran Khan is accused of allegedly concealing details of the gifts in his assets declarations he retained from the Toshakhana.

As per the records of Toshakhana released by Shehbaz Sharif government recently, Imran retained higher value gifts at a lower price.

Khan retained a diamond-gold watch worth Pak Rupees 85 million, a pair of cufflinks worth PKR 5.67 million, a pen worth PKR 1.5 million and a ring worth PKR 8.7 million at a gross amount of 20 million Pak rupees, as per a report by NDTV.