IHC suspends accountability court's order of auctioning Ishaq Dar's house.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended accountability court's order which directed the authorities concerned to auction former finance minister Ishaq Dar's residence in Lahore.

A two-member bench presided by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the petition filed by Dar's wife, Tabassum Ishaq against the accountability court's order.

The petitioner's counsel pleaded that the house located in Gulberg, Lahore was given as a gift to his wife on February 14, 1989.

'The residence was confiscated by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and was handed over to the Punjab Government for auction,' the counsel implored adding that AC dismissed Tabassum Ishaq's plea against NAB's actions on February 7, 2019.

IHC directed NAB to submit its response by February 13.

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