ISLAMABAD, JAN 29 (DNA) – Accountability court’s proceedings into assets beyond known source of income reference filed against former finance minister Ishaq Dar by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has entered into final phase as 24 prosecution witnesses out of 28 have recorded their statements.

Commissioner Inland Revenue Ishtiaq Ahmed, a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) witness, informed the accountability court today (Monday) that 91 percent increase was witnessed in Dar’s assets between 1993 and 2009.

He revealed that wealth records from 1993 showed Dar’s total assets were worth Rs9.1 million, while in 2009 the records showed total figures standing at Rs831.678 million.

As per Dar s income tax returns, he paid Rs0.729 million as tax in 1993, whereas, in 2009 he paid Rs46 million as tax, Ahmed told the court.

Later, NAB officials Shakeel Anjum Nagra, Iqbal Hasan and Umer Daraz Gondal also recorded their statements as witnesses before the court.

Subsequently, the case hearing was adjourned till 12:30pm on Tuesday.