NAB reference case: Court adjourns Dar’s hearing till Monday

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing graft cases against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar adjourned the hearing till Monday, October 23.

A junior member of his legal team requested the court to adjourn the hearing as Dar’s counsel, Khawaja Haris, is out of town and is likely to return next week.

The counsel requested the court to adjourn the hearing till Wednesday next week the court, however, adjourned the hearing till Monday.

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In line with the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Panamagate case, NAB had filed a reference in an accountability court in Islamabad which on Sep 27 indicted Dar and directed the prosecution to start producing witnesses and evidence from Oct 4.

In the reference, NAB had alleged that the finance minister had acquired assets and ‘pecuniary interests’ and resources – beyond his known sources of income – in his own name and in the name of his dependents of an approximate amount of Rs831.678 million. The court had later indicted Dar.

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Nawaz indictment

The court also issued directives for tomorrow’s hearing where it is expected that the court will indict deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law Captain (retd) Safdar.

The court has asked for limited presence in the court premises to avoid a situation that emerged in the previous hearing where the lawyers associated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) protested in the courtroom.

 

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