ISLAMABAD: Additional Director of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) WajidZia has appeared on Thursday before the accountability court hearingcorruption references against the former finance minister, Senator IshaqDar.
Wajid Zia, who was also the former head of Joint Investigation Team whichwas formed by Supreme Court against the Sharif family, investigationofficer of the case, Nadir Abbas, is also present in court to record hisstatement.
During the hearing Wajid Zia informed the court that he submitted all thedocuments and final report in the Supreme Court.
Judge Muhammad Bashir observed that they will write to the apex court’sregistrar once more to be provided the JIT report.
The court also decided that it can record Zia’s statement on Feb 12.
Ishaq Dar, the former finance minister and close aide of Pakistan MuslimLeague-N Chief Nawaz Sharif, is accused of possessing assetsdisproportionate to his declared sources of income.
A reference against him was filed by the National Accountability Bureau(NAB) in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Paperscase. Following his indictment, Dar has been a no-show in the proceedingsafter he departed for London in October last year seeking medical treatment.