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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday informed the Lahore accountability court that it has recorded PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif\u2019s statement in the Toshakhana reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the case filed by NAB, then-prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, in order to extend illegal benefits to former Nawaz and president Asif Zardari, allegedly allowed the retention of vehicles gifted to them by different foreign states and dignitaries by relaxing procedures related to the submission of gifts in the Toshakhana \u2014 a government department that stores gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and officials by heads of other governments, states, and foreign dignitaries.<\/p>\n The accused, \u201cthrough dishonest and illegal means for their personal benefit and interest\u201d, retained the vehicles in question \u201cagainst a nominal payment of 15 per cent of the total value\u201d, the reference stated.<\/p>\n In June 2020, an accountability court had issued<\/a> non-bailable arrest warrants for the former premier. Months later, Nawaz had challenged<\/a> the warrants in the Islamabad High Court but withdrew<\/a> the petition days later.<\/p>\n