The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court against bail granted to the family of Khursheed Shah by Sindh High Court in the assets beyond income case.
The NAB in the filed cancellation of bail petition of the Khursheed family viewed that the SHC neglected evidence against the accused and didn’t review the facts correctly and also neglected SC formulated rules.
The NAB argued that Khursheed Shah spent as many as 710 million more than he’s earning from 2005 to 2019 and Khursheed Shah and his family members could not provide details of 84,000 US dollars and more than Rs 370 million present in their back accounts. The NAB insisted on the SC nullify SHC orders of April 22.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will appear before National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) case on May 14.
According to details, the PML-N leader has been directed to attend the hearing to record his statement.
It is to be mentioned here that the apex court on September 10, 2018 directed the NAB to complete the inquiry against Abbasi and others for the alleged corruption in the LNG contract.
As the minister for petroleum and natural resources, he has been accused of granting contract on LNG Terminal to ETPL, Tri-partial agreement, LSA with EETPL and LNG import from Qatar etc.
In June 2018, the NAB approved inquiry against former premier Nawaz Sharif and Abbasi, who was the former minister for petroleum and natural resources at that time, in granting contract of LNG terminal for 15 years to their ‘favourite’ company.
It was also observed that this contract had allegedly caused a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer.
In January, the NAB interrogated former finance minister Miftah Ismail in the same case.
