The Islamabad High Court rejected on Monday a plea filed by the wife of Pakistan Muslim League-N Senator Ishaq Dar against an accountability court’s order to put his house on auction.In her plea, the spouse of the former finance minister who’s absconding in corruption cases 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. However, 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 A stay order regarding the house stands withdrawn after the dismissal of the plea.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.
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.
