ISLAMABAD – Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by a12-member National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team on Thursday in amulti-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural gas(LNG) import contract.
NAB Chairman Javed Iqbal the same day also signed the arrest warrants ofanother PML-N leader, Miftah Ismail, as well as former managing director ofPakistan State Oil Sheikh Imranul Haque.
Abbasi was on his way to attend a press conference, accompanied by PML-Nleader Ahsan Iqbal and spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb, when he wasarrested on the Thokar Niaz Baig interchange.
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Abbasi initially resisted the arrest but eventually conceded. He wasshifted to NAB office in Lahore after a medical check-up. He is currentlybeing taken to NAB Rawalpindi.
