ISLAMABAD – Islamabad High Court announces verdict in former PM ShahidKhaqan Abbasi bail plea.
The IHC ordered Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to submit a surety of Rs10 million.Meanwhile, the court ordered that passports of Abbasi and Iqbal will remainin custody of the National Accountability Bureau.
During the hearing, the NAB prosecutor opposed granting bail to ShahidKhaqan Abbasi in LNG scandal. The NAB prosecutor told the court that areference against Abbasi has already been filed in the accountability court.
The bureau further requested to reject the bail plea of PML-N leader andsubmitted a reply comprising 24 pages in the court.
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The National Accountability Bureau had filed cases against Shahid KhaqanAbbasi and Ahsan Iqbal over corruption in liquefied natural gas and NarowalSports City project respectively.
On July 18, 2019 Abbasi was arrested by NAB while en-route to Thokar NiazBaig in Lahore in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of aliquefied natural gas import contract, while Ahsan Iqbal was nabbed onDecember 23, 2019.
