NAB to seek extension in Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s physical remand today

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will present former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi before an accountability court as his 13-day physical remand expired on Thursday (today) in liquefied petroleum gas (LNG) scandal.

Khaqan Abbasi was taken under custody by NAB team while en-route on Thokar Niaz Baig road on July 18, over liquefied petroleum gas (LNG) scandal.

The former premier will be presented before the court of Judge Muhammad Bashir, where the extension in his physical remand will be sought.

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The former prime minister is facing charges of corruption and awarding a LNG import contract at exorbitant rates in 2015, which caused big loss to the national exchequer. Sources said that he had granted a tender worth Rs220 bn to a firm in which he himself was a shareholder.

NAB sources said that 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.

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Earlier on April 26, the names of former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail and five others had been placed in exit control list in an inquiry into the LNG scandal.

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