Accountability court issues non-bailable arrest warrants against Ishaq Dar
The court has adjourned the hearing till November 21.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The accountability court has on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in assets beyond means reference, and adjourned the hearing till November 21.
The court of Judge Muhammad Bashir also issued a show-cause notice to Ishaq Dar’s guarantor Ahmed Ali Quddusi.
Earlier in the morning, the case was postponed till 12:30 PM as the investigation officer could not reach the court on time. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor told the judge that the officer was coming from Lahore, and was late due to fog.
Ahmed Ali Quddusi was also present in the courtroom, and the judge asked him about the arrival of Ishaq Dar. Quddusi told that the minister will fully recover in three to six weeks.
Judge Muhammad Bashir commented that have three weeks not passed yet? Three to six weeks were mentioned in the medical report that was submitted on November 6, the judge remarked.
It is worth mentioning here that the accountability court had turned down Ishaq Dar’s plea to get exemption from appearance on medical grounds during the previous hearing.
The court had further ordered to confiscate Ishaq Dar’s surety bonds worth five million rupees if he failed to appear in the next hearing, and had decided to sustain his bailable arrest warrants.
The minister had requested the court to continue the case by appointing a legal representative for him. A fresh medical report of Dar was submitted in the court by his counsel Ayesha Hamid. The lawyer had told that Ishaq Dar underwent angiography and his echocardiography is yet to be done.
