Spokesperson refutes rumors regarding Ishaq Dar's secret marriage
The representative also negated the news that finance minister holds the US citizenship.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The spokesperson of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has refuted the rumors regarding Dar’s secret marriage and his agreement to give testimony against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif saying the accusations are absolutely wrong.
It was told that the purpose of these allegations is to harm the personal as well as the professional reputation of Ishaq Dar, and an announcement was made to take action against those who are levelling the false accusations.
The spokesperson asked the question that how can any media person claim about certain information regarding the Joint Investigation Team’s (JIT) proceedings?
The representative further negated the news that finance minister is seeking the US citizenship, and said it is wrong that Dar has not paid the motor vehicle tax of his Mercedes Benz. It was clarified that Ishaq Dar has regularly paid the motor vehicle tax from 2008 to 2018.
The Press Information Department also issued a press release regarding this matter which states:
“The spokesman of Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said, on Sunday, that a section of the media has been making and publicizing the following false, malicious, obnoxious and mala fide allegations against Senator Dar over the past few days:
1. That during the appearance before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) for the Panama Case, Senator Ishaq Dar told the JIT that not only is he willing to act as witness in the case against the Prime Minister’s family, he is even willing to give any required statement against the Prime Minister’s family
2. That Senator Ishaq Dar is seeking citizenship of the United States of America for himself and his family
3. That Senator Ishaq Dar has secretly married a Member of the National Assembly
4. That motor vehicle tax (token tax) of Mercedes Benz car, registration no. MV-019, registered in the name of Senator Ishaq Dar, has never been paid since it was purchased in 2008
The spokesman said that Senator Ishaq Dar vehemently rejects and strongly rebuts all of the aforementioned allegations. The spokesman said that these claims are utter rubbish and malicious disinformation, intended to cause harm and damage to the Senator’s personal and professional reputation. He also questioned how any media-person can claim to be aware of the discussions held during the proceedings of the JIT, including the statements made by persons summoned by the JIT. The spokesman also confirmed that Senator Dar has made payments of the motor vehicle tax in each year since 2008 for his said vehicle till 30th June 2018. He said that appropriate actions are being taken against the responsible persons / parties, with respect to all of the aforementioned allegations.
The spokesman further highlighted that all these false and baseless allegations against Senator Dar have only been made and publicized by a section of the media over the past few days, following the press talk given by Senator Dar on Monday 3rd July 2017 outside the Federal Judicial Academy, in which he revealed certain facts regarding Imran Khan, who has been unable to clarify any of those till date.”
