corruption charges
ISLAMABAD
Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar has won a defamation case filed against a private TV channel with a court in the United Kingdom over false allegations of “money-laundering, criminal activities, opening fake accounts and running away in Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s plane.” The channel from its UK station had aired these allegations leveled by former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Minister Farrukh Habib when Ishaq Dar was about to return to Pakistan to take over the Finance Ministry in September 2022.
In a settlement reached with Ishaq Dar after he initiated defamation proceedings under UK laws, the channel (92 News) issued an apology to Ishaq Dar on its UK channel categorically stating that the allegations of criminal activities made on the channel by PTI leader Farrukh Habib were “completely false, baseless and untrue.”
The channel apologised to Ishaq Dar stating that it “deeply” regretted airing false allegations by Farrukh Habib, saying “ Mr Ishaq Dar is a man of great credibility and honesty who has never been involved in corruption and has always worked diligently for the betterment of Pakistan.”
Ishaq Dar adopted legal course after the aired allegations on September 25 & 26, 2022 during the programme “Night Edition with Shazia Zeeshan” on 92 News UK Channel and 92 News HD UK channel on YouTube.
During the show, it was asserted by PTI leader Farrukh Habib that Ishaq Dar was “returning to Pakistan to collect the proceeds of criminal activities derived from Pakistan Muslim League-N’s time in government; and that in collusion with the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan to embezzle and launder proceeds derived from illicit activities back to the UK”.
Farrukh Habib further asserted that Ishaq Dar was an “expert at opening fake accounts”, that he had “fronted a deception in the Hudabiyya Paper Mills case by using his family names” and that “Mr Ishaq Dar had run away from Pakistan using the then Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s plane”.
