ISLAMABAD: Half a dozen prosecution witnesses on Friday testified sooner than an accountability courtroom docket and produced corroborative paperwork throughout the Rs831.7 million reference in opposition to defunct finance minister Ishaq Dar.
Testifying sooner than the courtroom docket, Deputy Director of the Lahore Enchancment Authority (LDA) Mirza Faizur Rehman produced the report of Mr Dar’s property in Gulberg which, based mostly on him, the defunct minister had purchased from film star of yesteryear Deeba.
Deputy Director of the Election Charge of Pakistan (ECP) Saeed Ahmed Khan produced particulars of the asset declaration of Mr Dar that he used to endure the price yearly.
Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO) of Lahore Mohammad Naeem produced particulars of the automobile owned by the defunct minister, whereas banking analyst Zafar Iqbal Mufti submitted to the courtroom docket a report titled “Monetary establishment Credit score rating Inflows Report” highlighting particulars of the accounts and private corporations belonging to Mr Dar and his accomplice, Tabassum Ishaq.
Three NAB officers amongst 5 completely different witnesses summoned by accountability courtroom docket
Witness Qaboos Aziz, former director of the Nationwide Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), testified that he had provided paperwork related to the Dar family tree and his daughter, Siddiqua Ali Rana, to the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) after which his service was terminated remaining yr. Moreover in his petition sooner than the Islamabad Extreme Court docket docket, Mr Aziz had acknowledged that he had been victimised for providing the paperwork to NAB. Nonetheless, he had knowledgeable the IHC dispute between the Nadra chairman and the deputy chairman had worth him his job.
Prosecution witness Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan of Inland Revenue moreover recorded his testimony. Along with, he knowledgeable the accountability resolve that he would produce some additional report sooner than the courtroom docket regarding the belongings of the defunct minister.
On the request of NAB’s explicit prosecutor Imran Shafiq, who produced the witnesses sooner than the courtroom docket, Select Mohammad Bashir of the accountability courtroom docket summoned 5 additional prosecution witnesses, along with Inamul Haq of Al Falah Cooperative Society, District Officer for Industries Azhar Amin and three NAB officers to report their statements on Jan 29.
With the testimony of the six witnesses, the accountability courtroom docket has thus far recorded statements of 19 out of 28 prosecution witnesses, whereas it would report testimony of 5 completely different witnesses when it ought to resume the proceedings on Monday, lending vitality to the impression that the trial will seemingly be achieved inside the next few days.
In its July 28, 2017 verdict, the Supreme Court docket docket had directed NAB to file four references — three in opposition to Nawaz Sharif and members of his family and one in opposition to Mr Dar — throughout the accountability courtroom docket, with a directive to the accountability resolve to complete the trial inside six months. The apex courtroom docket has moreover appointed Justice Ijazul Ahsan as supervisory resolve to look at the trial proceedings.
Printed in Dawn, January 27th, 2018