Accountability court to indict co-accused in Ishaq Dar corruption case

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing corruption reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar is likely to indict the co-accused on Monday (today) in the supplementary reference.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed an interim reference against Dar in September last year on the Supreme Court’s directives in the Panama Papers case.

In a supplementary reference filed recently, NAB named National Bank of Pakistan President Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi as co-accused. All three are accused of aiding Dar in opening fictitious bank accounts and transferring money abroad.

As the hearing went under way today, the court dismissed the plea of the co-accused to delay indictment until tomorrow.

The judge ordered the NAB prosecutor to submit the copy of the Islamabad High Court judgment on the plea of the co-accused challenging the accountability court’s dismissal of their acquittal request by 1:30pm.

The hearing was then adjourned until 1:30pm as the court is yet to receive a copy of the high court order on the matter.

At the last hearing, the proceedings were adjourned as the lawyer of the co-accused was absent.