A prosecution witness on Wednesday produced details of personal bank account of former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar before the Accountability Court hearing supplementary reference filed in connection with a corruption reference earlier filed against Dar for having assets beyond known sources of income. At the outset of hearing, the counsel for President National Bank Saeed Ahmad filed an exemption plea before the Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir, seeking exemption for Ahmad from Wednesday hearing, which the court approved.
Prosecution witness Abdur Rehman Gondal, a bank official, while testifying before the Accountability Court produced the covering letter of Dar's account and account opening form. Gondal said that Rs 1.75 million were transferred to Dar's account on March 5, 2005 through a cheque of one Chaudhry Nisar while Rs 4.2 million and Rs0.5 million were deposited in his account in December 2005.
He further said that in year 2011, Rs 1.4 million were transferred to Dar's account through two cheques. He further said that Rs0.9 million were transferred to Dar's account from Senate Housing Society account in January 2014. When the defence counsel objected to some transactions, the witness adopted the stance that he did not gather information about some transactions which were made online and some money was transferred through cheques. The defence counsel asked the witness from where he got information regarding the transfer of money through cheques. After completion of the cross-examination, the court adjourned the hearing till May 2.
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