ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Saturday issued detailed verdict about unfreezing of assets and bank accounts of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
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This came after the Lahore Headquarters of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on December 6 issued a letter to restore the assets of Dar.
The anti-graft watchdog also issued a letter to also restore Rs5.58 billion worth of five accounts and one house.
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It ordered to return the property Hajveri House, 7-H, Gulberg-III to Ishaq Dar while directing the concerned authorities to restore Rs508.9 million to the account of Bank Alfalah and Rs0.365 million to the account of Habib Bank.
Similarly, an account of Rs432 in Allied Bank, Rs249 in Al Barka Bank and Rs1,000 in Alfalah Bank have also been ordered to be restored.
Dar’s assets were frozen after his continuous absence from court proceedings.
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In the detailed verdict issued today, Judge Muhammad Bashir stated that Ishaq Dar had surrendered before the court and the assets beyond means case was being returned to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as it did not fall under its jurisdiction after the latest amendments to the anti-graft watchdog’s laws.
A reference against Ishaq Dar and others was filed in 2017. After his indictment in the case, he flew to London and remained in self-exile for nearly five years. He was also declared a proclaimed offender in the case for not showing up in court.
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