Court issues notice to NAB on Dar’s plea to cancel warrants

An accountability court has served a notice to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) today (Wednesday) after newly-appointed Finance Minister Ishaq Dar surrendered himself before the court and submitted a petition pleading for the cancellation of his arrest warrants.

The court then issued a notice to the NAB and ordered Dar to appear before the court on October 7.

“We will hear the application for cancellation of warrants along with assets’ reference,” the judge remarked.

In 2017, Dar was a declared a proclaimed offender in a NAB reference due to his continued absence from the proceedings.

NAB accused Dar of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The case was filed by NAB in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case.

The same year, Dar flew to United Kingdom due to seek medical treatment. He stayed there for almost five years until his return to Pakistan on Monday.