LNG reference: Court quashes arrest warrants issued for Khaqan Abbasi, others
Pakistan
Warrants were issued over failure of PML-N leader to appear before the court
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – An accountability court on Tuesday quashed the non-bailable arrest warrants issued for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) reference filed against them.
Mr Abbasi's lawyer appeared before the court to file the plea seeking annullment of his warrants. The court had, earlier, issued the warrants as Mr Abbasi as well as his lawyer failed to appear before the court.
Judge Nasir Javed had, earlier, issued the warrants for Mr Abbasi. On the other hand, the court also issued arrest warrants for the co-accused Uzma Adil.
Earlier, an accountability court had reserved its verdict in the LNG reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the former prime minister. The reference also nominated former finance minister Miftah Ismail and others including industrial conglomerates.
