Asset accumulation case: Witness records statement in against Ishaq Dar

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court recorded statement of a witness on Wednesday in the Ishaq Dar asset accumulation case.

Former finance minister, Ishaq Dar is accused in a reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) September last year on the Supreme Court’s directives after the historical verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The accountability court hearing corruption case against Dar indicted him in the case and later he was declared absconder since November last year.

Later, in a supplementary reference, NAB named National Bank of Pakistan President Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi as co-accused in the case. Mehmood and Rizvi are directors of a company owned by Dar.

During today’s hearing, prosecution witness Sher Dil Khan’s statement was recorded.

Khan informed the court that he is the finance director at the National Assembly. He informed the court that he appeared before the investigation officer at NAB Lahore office on August 22, 2017.

He added that NAB had summoned records of Dar’s salary and allowances from him.

 

Moreover, witness Mohammad Azeem’s cross-examination could not be held today.

During the hearing, another prosecution’s witness Abdul Rehman Gondal had also recorded his statement.

Ishaq Dar, former finance minister and a close aide of Nawaz Sharif is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his declared sources of income.

NAB filed an interim reference against Dar in September last year in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28, 2017, verdict in the Panama Papers case.

Dar was recently re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan but is yet to take oath as he has been in London since October last year on medical grounds.