IHC allows govt to auction Ishaq Dar's Lahore house

• The IHC rejects the petition of Ishaq Dar’s wife Tabassum Ishaq against the auction of her house in Lahore.
• IHC reserves its verdict on a plea of Tabassum Ishaq and orders to cancel the stay order on the property.
• Earlier, the petitioner’s advocate had pleaded that the house belongs to Dar’s wife as it was given to her on February 14, 1989. 

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday has rejected the petition of former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s wife Tabassum Ishaq against the auction of her house in Lahore, Geo News reported.

The IHC reserved its verdict on a plea of Tabassum Ishaq and also ordered to cancel the stay order on the property.

Following the court’s decision, the government has been allowed to auction Dar’s house in Lahore’s Gulberg III area.

It should be mentioned here that the IHC had issued to confiscate and auction Dar’s house on November 07 and Tabassum Dar filed a petition against the decision.

The petitioner’s advocate had pleaded that the house belongs to Dar’s wife as it was given to her on February 14, 1989 and that the accountability court issued an order without investigating further.