ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file response on plea of former finance minister, Ishaq Dar’s wife regarding seizure of their residence, ARY News reported.
Dar is facing charges of accumulating assets beyond known sources of income.
While giving the ‘final chance’ to NAB for filing a reply, the court asked the accountability watchdog reasons for not furnishing a reply on the petition filed by Tabassum Ishaq Dar, wife of the former finance minister regarding seizure of their Gulberg residence.
The NAB prosecutor general said the answer couldn’t be prepared as yet, hence he requested further time.
The court gave him the last chance to file reply in the next hearing. The accountability court adjourned the hearing till December 5.
Following the filing of the reference in September last year, NAB has seized all of Mr Dar’s moveable and immoveable assets, including a house in Gulberg-III, Lahore; three plots in Al-Falah Housing Society, Lahore; six acres of land in Islamabad; a two-kanal plot in the Parliamentarians Enclave, Islamabad; and a few plots and vehicles.
The accountability court in October allowed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to sell off the assets of former finance minister Ishaq Dar.
Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir announced this verdict on a plea of the NAB seeking court’s permission to auction off the seized assets of the PML-N leader who has been declared proclaimed offender in the assets case.
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