Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi remanded into NAB’s custody

By Web Desk - National Courier On Jul 19, 2019

Islamabad : Pakistan's premier-designate Shahid Khaqan Abbasi leaves after meeting with politicians in Parliament house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 31, 2017. Pakistan's parliament will meet Tuesday to elect a new prime minister after the disqualification of three-term prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League party nominated Sharif's longtime loyalist Abbasi for the top slot on Saturday. AP/PTI(AP8_1_2017_000184B)

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court handed over former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to National Accountability Bureau for a 13-day remand in relation to the LNG terminal case.

The NAB presented the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader before the accountability court earlier today, a day after he was arrested from the federal capital.

NAB had summoned Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on July 18 in the LNG case.

During his time as a federal petroleum minister, Abbasi had handed over a tender worth Rs220 billion to a company he was a shareholder himself.