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Ishaq Dar appears before NAB court, to be indicted in corruption case today
[DAWN] Finance Minister Ishaq Dar appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday in connection with a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).The minister will be indicted in the case today. The reference was filed against Dar for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income. A situation of chaos was observed outside the accountability court when Dar arrived for the hearing. The doors to the court were shut for news hounds, and the finance minister had to wait at least 20 minutes outside before he was allowed to enter the court premises from the back door. No media representative is therefore witnessing the court proceedings which are currently underway. On Monday, Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir handed over a copy of the reference filed by NAB to Dar’s counsel, along with copies of related documents, which comprise 23 volumes. The court had rejected a request by Dar’s counsel, Amjad Pervez, to grant them seven days to peruse the voluminous record, saying that since the Supreme Court had set a six-month deadline, it could not adjourn proceedings for a week. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-27 |
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