Court extends former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s judicial remand

Jamal

04 Feb, 2020

Pakistan

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Islamabad Accountability Court has extended the judicial remand of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Liquefied natural gas (LNG) scandal till 21st February.

As per details, while hearing the case the court ordered to present Shahid Khaqan again on 21st February.

Earlier Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday filed a post-arrest bail petition in Islamabad High Court, the petition filed by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s counsel Barrister Zafarullah Khan in the high court. The Ministry of Law and the National Accountability Bureau have been made respondents in the plea.

The petition seeks the high court to approve the bail until completion of his trial in NAB’s LNG reference.

A copy of the court decision with regard to bail granted to Shaikh Imranul Haq, a co-accused in the LNG case, has also been attached with the petition.

Earlier, on Jan 21, an accountability court had extended the judicial remand of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi till Feb 04 in LNG reference.

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail, ex-PSO MD Imranul Haq and others are facing charges of corruption over awarding a LNG import contract allegedly at exorbitant rates in 2015, which caused a big loss to the national exchequer.

NAB sources said that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in 2013, had awarded a LNG import and distribution contract to the Elengy Terminal in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws.