Times of Islamabad

Reference against Dar adjourned till Dec 19

Reference against Dar adjourned till Dec 19

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court-I of Islamabad adjourned the hearing of a supplementary reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau against former finance minister Ishaq Dar and others for having assets beyond known sources of income adjourned till December 19.

Accountability Court-I Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the reference (NAB) against the accused. Co-accused Naeem Mehmood, Mansoor Rizvi and Saeed Ahmed appeared before the court.

The witness Naeemullah, a bank official, presented the bank accounts details of the accused. He informed the court that he came to know during the investigations that the signatures on account opening forms were different from one another.

The defense counsel completed cross-examination of the prosecution witness.

Meanwhile, NAB appointed Afzal Qureshi new prosecutor in the reference against Ishaq Dar after the resignation of prosecutor Imran Shafiq.

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