Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is principal accused in Rs 220 billion LNG inquiry in NAB
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the candidate for the slot of Prime Minster is facing a Rs220 billion corruption inquiry being carried out by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Mr Abbasi, the former minister for petroleum and natural resources, is a principal accused in a NAB case registered in 2015 regarding award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract.
Other suspects include former petroleum secretary Abid Saeed, Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS) managing director Mobin Saulut, private firm Engro’s chief executive officer Emranul Haq and the Sui Southern Gas Company’s (SSGC) ex-MD Zuhair Ahmed Siddiqui.
