Ashtar Ausaf rebuts Zardari’s allegations against Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Law Ashtar Ausaf in a statement on Tuesday strongly rebutted former president Asif Ali Zardari’s allegations against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
He said it is unfortunate that Zardari has levelled a wild allegation against the finance minister. He said the former president seems to have been ill informed and ill advised.
Ashtar Ausaf said the insinuation reported in the media calls for clarification so that the truth accepted by superior courts could be made public. He said the record should be corrected once for all.
He said Hudabiya Paper Mills case (Reference No. 5 of 2000) was quashed by the Lahore High Court (LHC), vide its judgment dated 11-03-2014 passed in Writ Petition No. 2617/2011 which held that the alleged statement is illegal and without lawful authority. “This verdict has become final and should suffice to put an end to the malicious propaganda on the subject,” he said.
Ashtar said that even earlier the Hudabiya Paper Mills case was thrown out by the LHC, as far back as 1996, yet unscrupulous elements keep referring to it for ulterior purposes. “The campaign of vilification and slander against the finance minister despite the said judgment goes on for ulterior motives,” he said.
Ashtar added that despite microscopic and forensic examination of record, both private and public, no wrongdoing was ever found by any of the investigating agencies.
He said the finance minister reserves the right to take legal action against those hurling wrong allegations against him.