ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has adjourned the judicial remand of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the LNG case till 4th February.
During the hearing, the AC judge ordered to submit a report about arrest warrant of accused Shahid Islam from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who skipped proceeding of the previous court.
In June 2018, the NAB approved inquiry against former premier Nawaz Sharif and Abbasi, who was the former minister for petroleum and natural resources at that time, in granting contract of LNG terminal for 15 years to their selected company. In January, the NAB interrogated Miftah Ismail in the same case.
According to NAB documents, the contract for the LNG import and distribution was awarded to the Elengy Terminal, a subsidiary of Engro, in 2013 in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws.
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