Ishaq Dar, a close aide of Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif, is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his declared sources of income. Photo: Geo News file

 

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court will hear the assets accumulation case against former finance minister Dar on Monday. 

Judge Mohammad Bashir, who is presiding over the case, had on March 5 ordered to indict the three accused ? National Bank of Pakistan President Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi ? today.

Two of the three accused in the case had earlier petitioned the court against their planned indictment on March 12. The legal counsel of the accused, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi, had argued before the judge that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had provided their clients with a 700-page-long reference, many pages of which are unclear.

The accountability court issued a notice to NAB to submit its response on the plea and will hear the matter on March 12 (today). 

The case

Dar, a close aide of Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif, is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his declared sources of income.

NAB filed an interim reference against Dar in September last year in light of the Supreme Court's July 28, 2017, verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The supplementary reference is based on seven volumes and includes the account details of the accused persons, with transactions amounting to $4.06 million, according to NAB's Special Prosecutor Imran Shafiq.

Dar was recently re-elected to the Senate of Pakistan.