Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar declared proclaimed offender in graft case

PTI, ISLAMABAD,  NOVEMBER 21, 2017

An accountability court ordered initiation of proceedings to declare Pakistan’s embattled Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as a proclaimed offender in a graft case in Islamabad on November 21.

Judge Mohammad Bashir held the hearing even as 67-year- old Mr. Dar remained absent as he is in London for medical treatment. The judge also rejected an application by Mr. Dar’s lawyer to grant him exemption.

The court also asked his guarantor, Ahmad Ali Qudoosi, to respond by November 24 as to why the surety bond of 5 million Pakistani rupees should not be confiscated as Mr. Qudoosi had failed to ensure Mr. Dar’s presence during the hearing. The court adjourned the hearing till December 4.

The case was filed against Mr. Dar by the National Accountability Bureau in light of the Supreme Court order of July 28 that also disqualified Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister in the Panama Papers scandal.

The NAB had registered three cases of corruption and money laundering against Mr. Sharif, his family members, and Mr. Dar in the Islamabad Accountability Court, weeks after the Supreme Court order ousted the premier.

On November 14 the court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Mr. Dar with an order to appear in person. Mr. Dar had told the court that he will appear after full recovery from a heart complication but the court rejected the plea.

The Finance Minister had skipped the previous four hearings on account of medical treatment.

On November 2, the accountability court had approved NAB’s request to freeze Mr. Dar’s assets.

The Minister is accused by NAB of possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.

Pakistan’s anti-graft body has also sought the inclusion of Mr. Dar’s name on the Exit Control List after he repeatedly failed to appear before the anti-corruption court in the Panama Papers case.

Reference
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-finance-minister-ishaq-dar-declared-proclaimed-offender-in-graft-case/article20619294.ece

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