The Islamabad High Court (IHC) dismissed a plea filed by the wife of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Ishaq Dar on Monday, against an accountability court’s order to put his house on auction.
The spouse of the former finance minister who’s absconding in corruption cases, in her plea said Dar had gifted the house in Lahore’s Gulberg 3 to her on Feb 14, 1989.
“I am the owner of Gulberg 3 house,” Tabassum Dar pleaded. She said the accountability court issued its order for the auction in November last year without taking her claim into consideration.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Saman Riffat Imtiaz dismissed her petition.
A stay order regarding the house stands withdrawn after the dismissal of the plea. After the ruling, the government will be able to auction off the residence.
It is pertinent to note that the Punjab government advertised the auctioning of the house. The ad said that there would be an open auction on January 28, 2020, which would allow the highest bidder to take possession of the house. The district government has set a minimum price of Rs185 million.
Dar has been absconding court proceedings since 2017 following the registration of reference against him.
Later, NAB confiscated his various bank accounts worth Rs500 million and his house, spread over four kanals and seven marlas.
