ISLAMABAD – Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi lands in hot water as NationalAccountability Bureau has launched investigations against him.
As per the media report, The executive board of the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) on Tuesday approved the initiation of investigation againstformer prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
A press release by the probe body said that the Khaqan will be probed abouthis tenure as a former federal petroleum minister.
In June this year, the NAB approved initiation of an inquiry against Abbasiand former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and over alleged misuse of powerregarding a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project, the agency said.
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In a NAB executive board meeting chaired by chairman Justice (retd) JavedIqbal, the accountability body gave a go-ahead to the probe against Nawaz,Abbasi, who served as minister for petroleum during Nawaz’s tenure beforeassuming charge of PM office, and others “for granting a 15-year contractof LNG terminal to a company of their liking in violation of rules and bymisuse of their powers, which caused national exchequer a loss of billionsof rupees”.
