Ishaq Dar refutes Imran?s allegations, calls them baseless

[embed_video1 url=http://ift.tt/2BTEqVM style=center] ISLAMABAD: Former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf?s allegations, calling them baseless. The former finance minister was speaking to Shahzeb Khanzada in the Geo News show ?Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kaay Saath?. Dar said that he was a financial adviser in London, adding that Imran Khan once also visited him. ?I was a non-resident, therefore, I wasn?t liable to pay taxes according to the Pakistani law,? said Dar. While responding to a question regarding properties owned by his son, Dar said that his son?s business is fully documented and audited by one of the world?s largest audit firms. ?The 52 villas were not bought, they were booked, there is a difference. Only a token payment has to be paid and it is a common practice in the UAE,? said the ex-finance minister. He said that Imran Khan always puts baseless allegations on others. Dar alleged that Imran Khan used to visit his and his sons? offices in London and ask for charity for his cancer hospital. He said that it is a baseless allegation that he didn?t pay taxes. The former finance minister said that he filed tax returns and presented the record in court twice including the JIT investigation. Dar said that all his financial record is with the National Accountability Bureau and Supreme Court. ?Since 2007, there is a decline in my net worth,? he said. Earlier, the PTI chief alleged that former finance minister Dar is Nawaz's frontman. "Ishaq Dar has 11 companies in Dubai. Hussain Nawaz and Safdar are also employees of these companies," claimed the PTI chairman. "Where is Ishaq Dar getting all the money from? They're all interlinked. We are facing a mafia," he said.