ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Wednesday adjourned the proceedings of the supplementary reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the former finance minister Ishaq Dar till March 5 due to an absence from court of the new suspects nominated in the case.
NAB had nominated three new suspects including former National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Raza in the supplementary reference. The suspects were supposed to appear before the court during Wednesday’s proceedings to record their statements.
As the hearing went underway in Justice Mohammad Bashir’s court, he was informed that only one of the three new accused was present for the proceedings. On hearing this, the judge adjourned the hearing of the reference for later when all suspects were present in the court.
Resuming the hearing later, the court adjourned the proceedings until March 5 and ordered that the other accused be provided copies of the interim and supplementary references.
Furthermore, 10 new prosecution witnesses are also slated to testify against Dar during the hearing of the supplementary reference.
Earlier on Monday, a supplementary reference submitted by NAB against Dar was accepted for hearing by the accountability court.
The documents pertaining to the supplementary reference were brought to the court in two boxes.
NAB filed this reference at a time when hearing against Dar is concluding as accountability court has recorded statements of 29 out of 30 witnesses.
Wajid Zia, head of Panama Joint Investigation Team (JIT), also recorded his statement against Sharif family and Ishaq Dar, earlier.
“The former finance minister’s assets were around Rs 9.1 million in 1991 which reached to Rs 831.6 million in 2008-09,” Zia told the court.
He informed the court that Dar remained unable to justify this massive jump in his assets.
