Islamabad
Federal Minister for Information Shibli Faraz on Wednesday has said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former finance minister Ishaq Dar is fit to appear in interviews but becomes sick when it come to facing the law.
While responding to PML-N leader’s interview in BBC program Hard Talk, the minister said that Ishaq Dar got nervous when asked about the reality of his properties.
Ishaq Dar felt no embarrassment in damaging the country’s reputation by defending his corruption on international media platform, he added.
Meanwhile, Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Barrister Mirza Shahzad Akbar said that the foreign media has exposed Ishaq Dar’s properties, cars, cash and other valuables.
While addressing a news conference, the adviser said that Ishaq Dar became upset over the questions of the anchor and said he only owns one property in Pakistan which has been seized by the federal government. The former finance minister possesses 6-acre land, one house in DHA Phase-IV and millions of rupees in his bank account, he told.
On the other hand, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill said that these people loot country’s money and flee abroad to avoid accountability process.
Over question related to his illness, Ishaq Dar told the BBC interviewer that Pakistan commits human right violations, he added.
The reaction came after fugitive and former finance minister Ishaq Dar was grilled in the BBC program Hard Talk and failed to answer questions regarding presence in London, properties and treatment.—INP
