NAB asks court to order sale of Dar’s properties

Requests that a district officer be ordered to appoint a ‘receiver’ of said properties


Rizwan Shehzad September 27, 2018
PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD : The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday requested an accountability court to appoint a ‘receiver’ and issue orders for the sale of moveable and immovable properties of the former finance minister Ishaq Dar, who has ‘fled abroad’ without the permission of the court.

NAB’s prosecutor Imran Shafique filed the application before Judge Muhammad Bashir under section 88 (attachment of property of person absconding) subsections (2) & (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code and requested the court to appoint a “receiver” who would receive and deposit the revenue collected from the properties in government’s treasury.

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NAB’s reference accuses Dar of amassing assets beyond known sources of income. In the supplementary reference, NAB named the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) suspended president Saeed Ahmed and two other accused, Naeem Mahmood and Mansoor Raza Rizvi, due to their alleged involvement in ‘aiding, abetting’ Dar for a 91 times’ increase in his assets within a short span.

In the application, Shafique said Dar was arrayed as an accused in the reference and summoned to face trial but he fled abroad without the court’s permission. He said Dar was summoned again and warrants of arrest were also issued to ensure his attendance but to no avail.

When there was no prospect of his arrest in the case, the court issued proclamation under section 87 (proclamation for person absconding) of CrPC ordering him to appear before the court at a specified time. More than 30 days were given to him and even then he did not appear.

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Later, the court declared him a ‘proclaimed offender’. Shafique said more than six months have passed but the accused has consciously and intentionally disappeared in order to avoid the process issued by the court.

“The accused pretended his ailment but he is taking active part to perform his duty pursuits. He has failed to appear and justify his inability based on valid grounds,” the NAB prosecutor noted.

The application said some of Dar’s properties were attached by the court on November 2, 2017. However, some of the properties are beyond the jurisdiction of the court and therefore, orders of attachment, appointment of receiver and collection of rent/revenue from the properties be ordered to be made after getting a sanction order from the respective session judge of the district concerned.

He requested the court that a proper order be issued through which a district officer (revenue) may be ordered to appoint a receiver of the said properties who may be required to take possession of the attached property.

“The revenue collected be deposited in government treasury or the revenue officer be ordered to make appropriate arrangement for the sale of the properties.

“Also, moveable property be also taken into possession and if some perishable commodity is attached the same may be ordered to be sold immediately,” the application said.

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