An accountability court in Islamabad on Saturday ordered the restoration of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar's accounts and assets after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) withdrew its reference against him. Earlier, a Lahore bench of NAB issued a letter to restore the minister's assets. According to the written order issued by the accountability court, the 2017 order to confiscate the finance minister’s assets, including his house in Lahore, and freeze his bank accounts, was being withdrawn. During this period, he was declared a proclaimed offender and an accountability court also issued perpetual warrants against him on December 11, 2017. He appeared before the accountability court on September 28 in the assets reference, right after taking oath of office as federal minister.
