An accountability court in Islamabad summoned former finance minister Ishaq Dar in assets beyond means case on October 10.
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir issued the orders. After the enactment of the National Accountability Ordinance (Amend), the accountability court had closed assets beyond known sources of income case against Dar.
Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) sent back references against politicians to accountability courts after Supreme Court struck down some sections of the amendments made to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) last year.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Supreme Court ordered restoration of corruption cases against public representatives as it struck down some sections of the amendments made to the country’s accountability laws last year by the previous coalition government.
In a majority 2-1 verdict, the top court approved Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s petition challenging amendments made to the country’s accountability laws.
Former CJP Bandial and Justice Ahsan declared Imran’s plea to be maintainable while Justice Shah disagreed with the verdict