ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday barred the accountability court hearing a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference filed against former finance minister Ishaq Dar on charges of having assets beyond his known sources of income from holding proceedings in the case till January 17, 2018. Hearing Dar’s petition against the anti-graft court’s issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants against him and an order declaring him a proclaimed offender, a two-member IHC bench granted a stay on the accountability court’s proceedings against the PML-N leader till Jan 17. Later, the anti-graft court had directed the NAB to submit its report pertaining to confiscation of properties of Dar and his guarantor. Dar had subsequently moved the IHC against the issuance of non-bailable arrest warrants for him and an order declaring him a proclaimed offender. According to a notification issued by the accountability department, Dar is suffering from no such ailment that cannot be treated in Pakistan.

Source: Pakistan Today December 20, 2017 08:37 UTC