Non-bailable permits for ex-PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

KARACHI: The Accountability Court, Karachi, on Friday issued non-bailable warrants for previous prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a quotation about the illegal meeting.

The court also issued non-bailable arrest permits for previous manager petroleum Arshad Mirza.

The anti-graft watchdog has filed the second recommendation against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the illegal appoint of Imran-ul-Haq as PSO managing director in a Karachi responsibility court.

It also issued notices to two Imran-ul-Haq Haq and Yaqoob Sattar and have been directed to perform in court on April 10.

This is the second recommendation filed toward the previous prime minister by the accountability court.

NAB in December closing year filed a recommendation in the accountability court against Mr. Abbasi, Mr. Ismail, previous managing director of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Sheikh Imran ul Haq, former chairman of Ogra Saeed Ahmed Khan, Ogra chairperson Uzma Adil Khan, Engro group chairman Hussain Dawood, former director of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Agha Jan Akhtar, a previous member of Ogra Aamir Naseem, another former managing director of PSO Shahid M. Islam and PSO official Abdul Sammad.

Mr. Abbasi was arrested in combination with the case in July. He is arrested for awarding a 15-year agreement for an LNG terminal supposedly when he was petroleum minister in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) had awarded bail to Abbasi in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) reference on February 25.