Finance Minister Ishaq Dar challenged on Monday his indictment by an accountability court hearing a corruption reference against him in Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Dar was indicted by the National Accountability Bureau in light of the Supreme Court’s July 28 judgment in the Panama Papers case.
In petition Dar plead that he was indicted by the accountability court without giving him the mandated time and requested the IHC to suspend the indictment proceedings.
The finance minister said as he should be given time to file his response on the case, the IHC should order the accountability court to suspend its trial proceedings until a decision on his petition.
The accountability court indicted Dar owning assets beyond known sources of income.
