Islamabad: An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday acquitted former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others in the LNG terminal case.
Accountability court’s judge Nasir Javed Rana heard the case.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) withdrew its reference against Abbasi.
Deputy Prosecutor Azhar Maqbool informed the court that the accountability bureau is withdrawing the reference against Abbasi.
Abbasi, along with his lawyers, also appeared before the court.
The allegation was that the accused, through a non-transparent process, was awarded the LNG Terminal-1 contract.
In 2019, NAB arrested Abbasi for alleged corruption while awarding a multi-billion rupee import contract for LNG in 2013 when he was the minister for petroleum and natural resources.
On July 28, 2020, the NAB chairman approved a supplementary reference against Abbasi, his son Abdullah Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail, ex-chairman of SSGC Board, former CEO of EETPL and MD of PSO, ex-chairman of Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Agha Jan Akhtar, former chairman of OGRA Saeed Ahmed Khan, ex-member of OGRA Aamir Naseem, Uzma, ex-MD of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Shahid M Islam, and others.
