Islamabad (Web Desk): Accountability court in Islamabad on Friday cancelled the arrest warrants of Finance Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) senior leader Ishaq Dar in the assets beyond means case filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir issued the order. The court also directed the minister to submit surety bonds of Rs1 million.
During today's hearing, Ishaq Dar's lawyer Qazi Misbah requested the court to permanently cancel his client’s arrest warrant and the order to confiscate his assets.
Misbah argued that the court had issued a warrant only for Dar’s appearance.
At that, the court asked what was the NAB’s stance now. “Should the warrants be cancelled or not?”
In response, the NAB prosecutor gave his assent for the warrant’s cancellation.
“The warrant issued by the court was only for Dar’s appearance,” he concurred.
Moreover, Dar's lawyer informed the court that his client had to go abroad to attend a conference while pleading his case for the cancellation of the warrant.
The court then cancelled Dar’s warrant and sought the NAB’s replies on his two applications filed today by the next hearing on October 12.