An accountability court in Islamabad has decided to withhold its verdict on a plea submitted by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar seeking his acquittal in a National Accountability Bureau case relating to assets that exceeded his known source of income. The petition was filed on Monday.
Last Monday, the Minister of Finance, Ishaq Dar had his legal counsel file three petitions on his behalf, including one dealing with the exemption. Following a condensed hearing, the court granted the minister’s request to be excused from making a personal presence in court.
The court of accountability Today, the hearing on the petition was resumed before Judge Mohammed Bashir. After listening to the reasons presented by both parties, the judge decided to withhold his decision.
Tomorrow, Judge Mohammad Bashir will make an announcement on the decision of the petition.
This is the case:
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) initiated legal action against Ishaq Dar in December 2017, alleging that he had amassed wealth out of any relation to his reported income.
In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Panama Papers case on July 28, 2017, a referral was filed against the PML-N leader.
The accountability court had previously proclaimed Dar an offender because of his repeated absences from court appearances; but, once Dar came before the court in October, the orders for his arrest were recalled.
