ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Monday accepted for hearing a supplementary reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar.
The hearing of a reference against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader for acquiring assets beyond known sources of income took place in the accountability court. National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted the supplementary reference against Dar in the court.
The documents pertaining to the supplementary reference were brought to the court in two boxes.
NAB has nominated three new suspects including former National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Raza. Furthermore, 10 new prosecution witnesses will also testify against Dar.
Meanwhile, AC Judge Muhammad Bashir has summoned the new suspects on February 28.
The NAB prosecutor, Imran Shafiq, said the supplementary reference consisting of seven volumes has been filed and the details of the suspects’ accounts are also a part of the reference.
The documents mention a transaction of Rs482.8 million. Transactions worth $4.06 million took place in the accounts of the suspects and their detail is a part of the supplementary reference.
NAB filed this reference at a time when hearing against Dar is concluding as accountability court has recorded statements of 29 out of 30 witnesses.
Earlier, Wajid Zia, head of Panama JIT, recorded his statement against Sharif family and Ishaq Dar. He submitted volume I and XI in accountability court.
“The former finance minister’s assets were around Rs 9.1 million in 1991 which reached to Rs 831.6 million in 2008-09,” Zia told the court.
He informed the court that Dar remained unable to justify this massive jump in his assets.