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Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi faces another blow

Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi faces another blow

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi faces another blow.

Accountability court has extended judicial remand of former premier ShahidKhaqan Abbasi and ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail till January 6 inLiquefied Natural Gas (LNG) case, on Monday.

According to reports, NAB court also summed all the accused nominated inthe LNG scandal.

Earlier, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had again filed reference ofLNG scandal after addressing the objections raised by the registrar officeof accountability court.

Leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and 9others were named accused in the mega corruption scandal.

On september10, 2018, the apex court had directed NAB to complete inquiryagainst Abbasi and others for the alleged corruption in the LNG contract.