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AC Reserves Order Regarding Declaring Dar as PO

Islamabad (December 11, 2017): The accountability court hearing a corruption reference against former finance minister Senator Ishaq Dar reserved its order regarding declaring Dar as proclaimed offender.

The court resumed hearing of the case today.  Dar’s counsel submitted his client’s fresh medical report in court and pleaded for delaying court’s ruling to declare his client as a proclaimed offender.

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But National Accountability Bureau (NAB) special prosecutor Imran Shafique opposed the plea and urged the court to declare Dar a proclaimed offender due to his continuous absence in court.After hearing both the counsel and prosecutor, the court reserved its ruling on the matter which will be announced shortly.

On Monday, Qazi Misbah, a former deputy prosecutor general of NAB, appeared on behalf of Dar and requested the judge to be allowed to plead Dar’s case. However, the judge dismissed the request as Misbah is not a counsel in the case.

The court can also seize Dar’s surety bond of Rs5 million today if his bail guarantor, Ahmad Ali Qudoosi, fails to assure the court of the senator’s appearance.Over Dar’s continuous absence in the case, which was filed by the NAB in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case, the court had issued non-bailable arrest warrants on November 14 and declared him an absconder on November 21.

Dar is accused of owning assets that are disproportionate to his declared sources of income. He has skipped the last six hearings of the case owing to his medical treatment in London.

Later, after a period of 10 days (instead of the usual 30), the court initiated the process of declaring Dar a proclaimed offender.

At the last hearing on December 4, the court had reserved its decision on formally declaring Dar a proclaimed offender.

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