Dar assets accumulation case: prosecution witness record statement in supplementary reference

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Wednesday hearing assets accumulation reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar recorded the statement of prosecution witness in the case.

Accountability court Judge, Mohammad Bashir also ordered to make Muhammad Azeem’s statement part of the reference against Ishaq Dar which was earlier recorded in the case.

In today’s hearing, another prosecution’s witness Abdul Rehman Gondal also recorded his statement in the case.

The other co-accused in the graft reference including Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi also appeared before the court. Mehmood, Rizvi along with National Bank of Pakistan President Saeed Ahmed have been accused in the supplementary reference filed by the NAB against the former finance minister.

The case hearing has been adjourned till May 2.

Earlier in 4 April, the co-accused named in the supplementary corruption reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar was finally indicted after several adjournments.

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar, 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.