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Dar Case: AC Records Statements of Two Witnesses

Islamabad (December 14, 2017) The accountability court hearing a corruption reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar recorded statements of two prosecution witnesses today.

Judge accountability court Muhammad Bashir heard the reference filed by NAB against the former Finance Minister for allegedly owning assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

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The case was filed in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case.Dar has been declared a proclaimed offender in the case owing to his continuous absence from the proceedings owing to the medical treatment in London.

During Thursday proceeding,  Lahore-based bankers Faisal Shehzad and Muhammad Azeem, appeared before the court and recorded their statement as prosecution witnesses.

The court had also re-summoned Masoodul Ghani and Abdul Rehman Gondal but later allowed the witnesses to leave as their statements were already recorded.However, Azeem submitted details of accounts of Dar and his family.

He informed the court that NAB had asked for the details in August this year. He said Dar’s first account was operated from 2001 to 2012, second from Aug 2012 to Dec 2016 and third from Jan 2017 to Aug 2017.

The witness also presented details of Hajvery Holding Company’s account in court as well as the record of the locker operated in Dar and his wife’s name.

During the hearing, the court was informed that Shehzad was unable to appear in court due to the wedding of his sister.Later, recording his statement, Rehman provided the income records of Dar from the years 2005 to 2017.

The court then adjourned the hearing until December 18. The court also issued notices to five more witnesses: Cabinet Division Deputy Secretary Wasif Hussain, Commerce Deputy Director Qamar Zaman, former NADRA official Qaboos Aziz, National Assembly Director Sher Dil Khan and private bank official Faisal Shehzad, who will record their statements on December 18.

The NAB’s prosecution team has submitted a list of 28 people as witnesses in the case, and have up till now recorded statements of as many as five witnesses in the case.

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