Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail have been indicted in LNG case on Monday (today).
An Accountability Court indicted former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Finance Minister Miftah Ismail in LNG case.
The court also indicted 12 others including former PSO MD Imranul Haq, former OGRA chairperson Uzma Adil, former OGRA member Aamir Naseem, former Air Blue MD Chaudhry Aslam, former SSGC MD Muhammad Amin.
During the hearing Judge Muhammad Azam Khan ordered the accused to be provided with the copies of indictment charge-sheet.
Meanwhile the accused have denied the charges.
NAB has accused Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismail of misusing their authority and in awarding the contract for LNG terminal-1.
Prior to this Shahid Khaqan Abbasi had secured bail in LNG Case from Islamabad High Court (IHC) after submitting surety bond worth up to Rs 10 million.
LNG Case
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is accused of awarding a 15-year contract for an LNG terminal when he was petroleum minister in former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet, along with illegal appointment of Imran-ul-Haq as managing director Pakistan State Oil (PSO), when he held the designation of Prime Minister of Pakistan.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in its reference, has contended that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi violated Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules by granting LNG import and distribution contract to the Elengy Terminal back in 2013.
The reference was filed in 2014 and argued that ‘unexplained’ deposits of Rs1.4 billion and Rs1.2 billion were made to Abbasi and his son’s bank accounts.
