The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) witness Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan, Commissioner Inland Revenue, while recording his statement before the accountability court Judge Muhammad Bashir said that according to wealth statement submitted by Dar on June 31, 1993, his total wealth was of worth Rs 9,112,078 while according to the wealth statement submitted by him on June 31, 2009, his total wealth was Rs 831,678,875. Following a review of wealth statements of Dar, it was found out that his wealth recorded a 91-time increase between 1993 and 2009.
He further said that according to income tax returns, total income of Dar was Rs 729,347 in Jun 1993 while as per tax returns, Dar's income increased up to Rs 46,462,272 in 2009. The prosecution witness submitted tax record of Dar from 1979 to 1993 and from 2009 to 2016. The court also recorded statements of prosecution witnesses including Shakeel Anjum Nagra, a NAB official, Iqbal Hussain, Deputy Director NAB, Umer Daraz Gondal, in-charge NAB Lahore police station, Azhar Hussain, district officer industries, and Zavir Mansoor, assistant director NAB.
The prosecution witness Shakeel Anjum while recording his statement told the court that he had written a letter to Supreme Court of Pakistan on August 10, 2017, to obtain the record of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) which had investigated the Panama papers case. He said the apex court had provided three copies of Volume-I to Volume-X and one of the copies was provided to investigation officer of NAB Lahore. He appeared before the investigator officer in NAB Lahore office and recorded his statement.
Another witness, Iqbal Hassan, told the court that NAB Lahore banking expert Zafar Iqbal had prepared a bank credit and inflow report on August 31, 2017 which consists of four pages. The investigation officer had signed the report in his presence and also recorded his statement, he further said.
The prosecution witness, Gondal, a police sub-inspector, told the court that the investigation officer of NAB had given him call of notice in the name of Ishaq Dar. He said he went to Dar's residence as per the address - House number 7, Block H, Gulberg-3, Lahore - mentioned in the notice where a head constable, namely Amir, told him that this house belongs to Dar but he is residing in Islamabad. The head constable also arranged a telephone call with Dar's private secretary Mansoor Rizvi. Rizvi also told him that the house is in ownership of Dar but he is residing in Islamabad, he told the court.
Another witness, Azhar Hussain, told the court that he provided certified copies of documents related to Ali-Hajveri Organ Transplant Trust to investigation officer and copies of CINICs of the directors of trust namely Ishaq Dar, Nasir Mehmood Kosa, Chief secretary Punjab, Alam Javed Cheema chairman PMD, Nadeem Hassain Asif, additional secretary, Muhammad Jehanzeb Khan, secretary health, and Tariq Bajwa, finance secretary. He also submitted challan form of Ali Hajveri Organ and Transplant Trust. Assistant Director NAB Zavir Mansoor while recording his statement informed the court about the names of witnesses who appeared before NAB in front of him.
Following recording of statements of witnesses, NAB prosecutor Imran Sahfiqu submitted an application before the court seeking to allow him to add two more witnesses to the prosecution's list. According to the NAB prosecutor, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan officials Sidrah Mansoor and Salman Saeed should be produced as witnesses in the case. Sidrah Mansoor and Saeed had produced the record of Dar's companies, he further said, adding that the record of Dar's companies consists of six folders.
To this, the judge told NAB prosecutor to produce as many witnesses in the court in the next two days. The court adjourned the hearing of case till Tuesday (today).