LAHORE: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Yousuf Raza Gilani has assured in writing to return Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan’s diamond necklace.
The necklace has became the focus of a controversy between the interior ministry and the former premier which was donated in 2010 for flood-stricken people of Pakistan..
It had disappeared prompting Interior Minister Chaurdhry Nisar Ali Khan to order the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to investigate the matter.
The former prime minister had later admitted that the necklace was in his possession.
Recording his statement before the FIA investigation office on Thursday, Mr Gilani assured that the necklace would be submitted by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Faisal Karim Kundi to the Prime Minister House on Friday.
