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ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has adjourned the hearing of bail petition filed by former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and ex-finance adviser Miftah Ismail for a week in liquefied natural gas (LNG) case.
IHC Justice Athar Minallah conducted the hearing of the plea hearing. The judge along with this case extended 10 other cases too.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi filed a bail petition in IHC the same case on Saturday. A copy of the court decision of bail granted to Shaikh Imran ul Haq, a co-accused in the LNG case, has also been attached to the petition.
According to the plea, “The petitioner has been in NAB detention for 191 days and the motive of the NAB is to harass the petitioner.”
On 18th July 2019, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was taken into custody in the LNG case. As the minister for petroleum and natural resources at that time, he has been accused of granting contract on LNG to favourite company.
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