When the hearing began, Justice Alam asked the NAB prosecutor to satisfy the court on reasons as to why the accountability watchdog waited for three years to file the appeal for reopening the case. Justice Alam, however, told the prosecutor that the bureau had been asked to read only the majority judgement in the Panama Papers case. Justice Alam questioned how the Panamagate judgement could be linked with the Hudaibya case. “[The court] is not interested in Ishaq Dar’s life — present your own case,” Justice Isa told the prosecutor, allowing him to read the statement in court later. “If Dar’s confessional statement goes out of picture then what incriminating evidence you have in this case,” Justice Isa asked prosecutor for the anti-graft watchdog.

Source: Pakistan Today December 12, 2017 12:33 UTC