October 30, 2017 6:17 PM

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Pakistan anti-graft court issues arrest warrant against Finance Minister

A Pakistani anti-graft court today issued a bailable arrest warrant against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after he failed to appear before it in a corruption case spiralling from the Panama Papers scandal. <br/><br/>The Accountability Court in Islamabad dismissed 67-year-old Dar's application seeking exemption from personal appearance in the case hearing. <br/><br/>Dar's counsel appeared in the court and sought his client's exemption from appearance as he was in London to seek medical treatment.<br/><br/>But the court rejected the plea and issued the bailable arrest warrant and ordered Dar to appear in the next hearing on the 2nd of next month. <br/><br/>The case was filed against Dar by the National Accountability Bureau following a verdict by the Supreme Court, which disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after an investigation into corruption allegations against his family.

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