PPP leaders demand Ishaq Dar to step down
Senator Sherry Rehman once again dismissed claims of the party going out of its way to support former premier Nawaz Sharif
September 27, 2017
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders on Wednesday demanded that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar resign from his office after an accountability court indicted him in an assets reference case.
Addressing a press conference here, PPP leader Saleem Mandiwalla said that the country is being embarrassed among the comity of nations for having a a finance minister who was indicted. The party had made a recommendation in a Senate committee that Dar should resign but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) did not agree, he lamented.
Senator Sherry Rehman once again dismissed claims of the party going out of its way to support former premier Nawaz Sharif, saying the party made it clear it won’t support Nawaz once he was disqualified.
“Nawaz is saving himself, not democracy,” she said.
She also lashed out at the ruling party for priortising their leader Nawaz over the country, saying the economic situation of the country has become dismal.
Rehman criticised PML-N representatives for disrespecting judiciary, asking “why would a common man respect court verdicts if the rulers aren’t”.
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was indicted on Wednesday by the accountability court hearing the Supreme Court-directed corruption reference against him.
Dar denied all charges and vowed to prove his innocence in court.
The corruption reference, pertaining to Dar's owning assets that are disproportionate to his known sources of income, was filed by the National Accountability Bureau in light of the Supreme Court's July 28 judgment in the Panama Papers case.
After skipping his first hearing, for which a summons had been issued, Dar appeared in court on Monday after bailable warrants for his arrest had been issued to ensure his presence.
