LNG scam case: Miftah Ismail appears before court
The anti-corruption watchdog is inquiring into a case registered in 2015.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Former finance minister and PML-N leader Miftah Ismail appeared before the accountability court on Saturday.
According to sources, the NAB court interrogated him for one and half hours. Miftah also answered the NAB’s questions and received further questionnaire from the court.
Sources said that the court ordered him to answer the all questions within a week.
The sources with the anti-graft body said Miftah Ismail can be summoned again by the bureau if required.
Talking to media after NAB appearance, Miftah said, his statement was recorded by the NAB, in which he has answered every query into the matter.
"NAB has not asked me to appear before it again, but he will appear before the body if asked again," he continued.
In October, 2018, the NAB had reopened investigation into LNG scandal against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others.
The file of the case was closed and it was in the back burner at Karachi office of the NAB.
The anti-corruption watchdog is inquiring into a case registered in 2015 against Abbasi for awarding a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract which caused a potential $2 billion loss to the national exchequer.
According to NAB documents, the contract for the LNG import and distribution was awarded to the Elengy Terminal in 2013 in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws.
