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Order on Appeal No 1941-05/22 & 1894-05/22 Abuzar Salman Khan & Abdullah Malik Vs Cabinet Division

As far as the requested information about “the gifts received by the Prime Ministers and Presidents of Pakistan who have occupied the office 1947 till date” and “value of the gifts (prevalent at that time), assessed value of the gifts and amount paid by the recipients (Presidents and Prime Ministers) of the gifts from 1947 till date” is concerned, this commission holds that this information not only be disclosed, the list should be made available on the web site of the Respondent.

It is pertinent to note that the requested information in para 2 and 4 of this Order is not hit by any of the exemption clauses, section 16 (1) (k) of the Act, 2017 is also relevant in the instant Appeal which is as under:
“The exemptions set out in section 16 shall cease to apply after every twenty years and that record of public bodies shall be made public”

This commission has already held in Appeal No. 810-12/20 Rana Abrar Khalid VS Cabinet Division that “while giving „personal touch‟ to inter-state relations through the exchange of gifts between the Heads of States and Heads of Governments is a normal practice in the conduct of international relations, relations between any two states are dictated by common interests. At best, the “personal touch‟ supplements but in no way can supplant the role of common interests in determining the outcome of inter-state relations. In short, it is change in the shared common interests between two states, and not the exchange of gifts for personal touch between Heads of States and Heads of Governments which has any qualitative impact on inter-state relations.

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