Toshakhana Gifts Record 2002–2026: Interactive Dashboard

About the Toshakhana gifts record

The Toshakhana is the government department, under the Cabinet Division, that keeps gifts received by Pakistan's presidents, prime ministers, ministers and officials from foreign governments and dignitaries. This dashboard turns the Cabinet Division's official "Gifts record in Toshakhana since 2002" (641 pages, data as of 15 October 2026) into searchable tables and charts covering 5,886 gift entries from January 2002 to September 2026.

Key findings

1. The record lists 5,886 gift entries with a combined assessed value of about Rs 2.26 arab (Rs 226 crore), with dollar values converted at today's rate.
2. From 2002 to 2022, 2,371 gifts were kept free of cost and 1,451 were kept after payment. Recipients who paid to keep a gift paid about 20% of its assessed value.
3. Since 2023, under the revised procedure, only 24 of 1,570 gifts were kept. The rest were deposited in the Toshakhana or are still being evaluated.
4. Watches are the most common gift, appearing in more than 1,300 entries. Rolex is named in 197 entries, followed by Bvlgari (87), Tag Heuer (38), Montblanc (35) and Cartier (32).
5. From 2002 to 2018, people kept gifts by paying only 12–21% of their assessed value. From 2019 the share rose to about 47–49%, and from 2023 almost no gifts were kept.
6. The most gifts were recorded under Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's government (1,379 entries, 2004–2007). The highest monthly rate was under caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, at about 59 gifts a month.
7. The busiest day in the record is 22 July 2010, when 50 gifts were recorded for President Asif Ali Zardari.
8. Most gifts kept: Shaukat Aziz (816), Asif Ali Zardari (179) and Pervez Musharraf (128). Most gifts deposited: Shehbaz Sharif (246), Asif Ali Zardari (66) and Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (61).
9. Most gifts kept free of cost: Shaukat Aziz (682), Asif Ali Zardari (142) and Khurshid M. Kasuri (97). Most gifts kept after paying: Shaukat Aziz (134), Pervez Musharraf (49) and Asif Ali Zardari (37).
10. Among wives and first ladies, the most gifts were recorded for the wife of Arif Alvi (65), the wife of Shaukat Aziz (41) and the wife of Nawaz Sharif (22).
11. The most valuable single entry is a Rolex wrist watch valued at Rs 14 crore, received by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in 2022 and deposited in the Toshakhana. The cheapest entries are valued at Rs 50: two scarves (Shaukat Aziz, 2004) and a ladies' dupatta (Jahangir Khan Tareen, 2005).
12. 170 gifts were sold at auction. Where both figures are recorded, they sold for about 76% of their assessed value.

Gifts under each government (2002–2026)

Counts include every recipient in the government during each prime minister's term (ministers, officials, staff and family), not only the prime minister.

10 most expensive Toshakhana gifts

Values are the assessed value recorded for each entry; 2025 values were recorded in US dollars and are converted at today's rate.

How the values are shown

All amounts are in Pakistani rupees and written the Pakistani way: hazar (thousand), lakh, crore and arab. The official record gives values in rupees up to 2022 and mostly in US dollars from mid-2022 onward. So that every year can be compared, dollar values have been converted at Rs 277.45 per US dollar, the open-market rate on 26 October 2026. These converted figures are estimates at today's rate, not the rupee value at the time the gift was received. The original dollar figure is kept in the full record table. Entries marked NCV (no commercial value) and gifts still under evaluation carry no value. Where a gift was not kept, no payment is shown; the table says it was deposited in the Toshakhana instead. The record does not say which country or person gave each gift, so the dashboard does not break gifts down by country.

Source

All figures come from the "Gifts record in Toshakhana since 2002" published by the Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan (data as of 15 October 2026). The record was first made public in March 2023. Last updated on 26 October 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Toshakhana?

The Toshakhana is a store of state gifts run by the Cabinet Division of the Government of Pakistan. Public office holders must declare and deposit gifts they receive; under the rules in force at the time, some gifts could be kept free of cost or after paying a share of their assessed value.

How many gifts are in the Toshakhana record?

The record published by the Cabinet Division lists 5,886 gift entries received between 2002 and September 2026.

Who kept the most Toshakhana gifts?

By number of entries, former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz kept the most gifts (816), followed by Asif Ali Zardari (179) and Pervez Musharraf (128).

Under which government were the most gifts recorded?

Under Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz (2004–2007), with 1,379 entries. By monthly rate, the caretaker government of Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar (2023–2024) recorded the most, about 59 gifts a month.

What is the most expensive gift in the Toshakhana?

The highest-valued single entry is a Rolex wrist watch assessed at Rs 14 crore, received by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in 2022 and deposited in the Toshakhana. Next come a BMW 760 Li and a Toyota Lexus (Rs 10.8 crore together, Asif Ali Zardari, 2009, kept after payment) and a Graff watch set (Rs 10.1 crore, Imran Khan, 2018, kept after payment).

How much was Imran Khan's Graff watch?

The record lists the Graff watch together with cufflinks, a pen and a ring as one entry dated 24 September 2018, valued at Rs 10.09 crore (Rs 100,920,000). Imran Khan kept the set after paying Rs 2.02 crore (Rs 20,178,000). It is the third most valuable entry in the record.

How much did officials pay to keep Toshakhana gifts?

From 2002 to 2018 they paid about 12–21% of a gift's assessed value; for example, a gift valued at Rs 1 lakh could be kept for about Rs 12,000 to Rs 21,000. From 2019 to 2022 the share rose to about 47–49%, and from 2023 almost no gifts were kept.

Which watch brand appears most in the Toshakhana?

Rolex, named in 197 gift entries, followed by Bvlgari (87), Tag Heuer (38), Montblanc (35) and Cartier (32).

What changed in 2023?

After the Cabinet approved a revised procedure in 2023, almost all gifts have been deposited in the Toshakhana instead of being kept. Of 1,570 entries from 2023 to 2026, 24 were kept.

Is this data official?

The rows come from the Cabinet Division's published record. Counts and totals on this page were compiled from that PDF and are approximate where an entry lists several items together. Check the official record for any single entry.