An accountability court (AC) in Islamabad unfrozen Finance Minister Ishaq Dar\u2019s bank accounts in assets case.
\nAs per details, the court has issued the written verdict on the assets beyond known sources of income case.
\nDar\u2019s assets were unfrozen after the amendments to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws.
\nThe written verdict stated that the AC takes back the court\u2019s 2017 order to freeze the finance minister\u2019s assets. Now Dar has surrendered and the trial is also not in the court\u2019s jurisdiction anymore.
\nSo hereby the accountability court judge Muhammad Bashir ordered to unfreeze of all the assets of finance minister Ishaq Dar.
\nEarlier, the district administration of Lahore unfrozen Finance Minister Ishaq Dar\u2019s assets.
\nThe assets which were frozen by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the assets beyond the means case were unfrozen by the district administration of Lahore.
\nThe Lahore administration returned the property Hajveri House, to the finance minister Ishaq Dar and a letter has also been sent to the four banks to restore his Rs5.58 billion worth of accounts.
\nIt is pertinent to mention here that an accountability court ordered to freeze of Dar\u2019s assets after his continuous absence from the court proceedings in the case.
\nA reference against Ishaq Dar, Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mahmood, and Mansoor Raza Rizvi was filed in 2017. During the trial of the case statements of 42 witnesses were recorded.
\nDar left the country in November 2017 on the pretext of seeking medical treatment in London.
\nFinance minister Ishaq Dar had earlier been declared a proclaimed offender by the accountability court (AC) due to his continuous absence from the proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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