ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will hear the bail petition filed by former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the LNG case today.
Along with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail’s petition will also be heard by the IHC.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah will conduct the hearing of the plea.
Earlier on 4th February, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s judicial remand was extended by an Accountability Court for 17 days in the same case.
Abbasi who is behind the bars for more than 190 days, is accused of granting a 15-year agreement for an LNG terminal to a Qatari company in breach of the rules.
It caused damages to the national exchange during Khaqan’s tenure as minister of petroleum in the cabinet of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
The case against Abbasi was closed in 2016 by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and later was reopened in 2018. He was arrested by NAB while en-route to Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahore on 18th July.
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