AC adjourns assets beyond means case hearing against Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Accountant of Hajveri Trust Karamat Ali  on Wednesday recorded his statement before an accountability Court, in assets beyond known sources of income case against former finance minister Ishaq Dar, ARY News reported.

Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir resumed the hearing into the reference. All three accused showed up in the court room.

Statements of prosecution’s witness Salman Saeed, an official of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and Sidra Mansoor were recorded, earlier in the case.

Soon after Karamat Ali completed recording his statement, Judge Muhammad Bashir deferred the further proceedings of the case till April 10.

The court on Wednesday (February 13) had approved the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s request to produce two witnesses in the reference against Ishaq Dar.

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During the hearing, the NAB had requested to present two witnesses, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) official Sidra Mansur and Salman Saeed, before summoning the head of the joint investigation team in Panama Leaks case Wajid Zia and the investigation officer.

A reference was filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Ishaq Dar following the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case.

Ishaq Dar had earlier been declared a proclaimed offender by the accountability court due to his continuous absence from the proceedings.