Ishaq Dar's property to be auctioned off, court rules.

In Islamabad on Thursday, an accountability court permitted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to auction off properties that belonged to the former finance minister, Ishaq Dar.

Rejecting a plea by Dar's wife, Tabassum Dar, NAB will now have the option of auctioning off Dar's property in Gulberg, which Tabassum Dar claimed as her own.

Ishaq Dar is categorized as a person who is absconding the law, and by residing in self-exile in the United Kingdom, Dar has avoided all court hearings pertaining to his assets beyond means case. Dar was one among many Pakistani politicians named in the Panama Papers.

Earlier this week, Interpol rejected a request from the Pakistan government to extradite Dar back to Pakistan, clearing him of the charges pressed by the Pakistani...