ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 (DNA) – Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has on Thursday appeared for another hearing of assets beyond means case in an accountability court, and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) witness Tariq Javed submitted details of three bank accounts including Hajveri Modarba, a company owned by Dar.

Tariq Javed told that one account was opened in Lahore’s bank in 1991 by Dar, and all evidences against the finance minister have been provided to NAB Lahore. He said he has been associated with Al Baraka bank since 1999, and has appeared before the court because NAB wrote a letter to the bank.

Tariq Javed told that NAB had asked the bank to provide attested details of Dar’s bank account, and he went to NAB Lahore with verified details of Tabassum Ishaq Dar’s account on August 17.

Ishaq Dar’s counsel Khawaja Haris questioned on the authenticity of the documents and said anyone can prepare such papers. The documents cannot be made a part of the record until their verification, he maintained. Judge Muhammad Bashir remarked that this is not such a matter, as these are bank documents.

NAB prosecutor said that the papers are according to electronics transaction ordinance, and the objections of Khawaja Haris are not valid. He said that it is court’s duty whether to accept the documents as the primary evidence or not. The prosecutor further added that the bank statement starts from October 14, 2000.

Khawaja Haris said no transaction has been made from the account since 2006, and requested the court to make Ishaq Dar’s objections a part of the record.

The security was beefed up by the authorities as at least 200 personnel of capital police and Frontier Corps have been deployed in and around the judicial complex. Furthermore, all routes have been sealed off to prevent the entrance of any unauthorized person except one entry point.