Former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail Saturday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigators in connection with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) scam case.
An official source said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former finance minister recorded his statement while the Bureau's investigators handed over a questioner consisting of 30 questions to him. The NAB can also summon him again for further investigation, he added.
The NAB Rawalpindi had earlier summoned Miftah to appear before its investigation team along with relevant record. The Bureau also warned him that failure to comply with the notice may entail penal consequences as provided in the Serial 2 of the schedule of NAO 1999.
The NAB on January 2 had converted inquiry into investigation against former Prime Minister and Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for alleged misuse of powers with respect to the LNG terminal project.
The Bureau approved launching an investigation against Abbasi who served as former petroleum minister, Arshad Mirza, former secretary Ministry of Petroleum, Sheikh Imran-ul-Haq, former managing director PSO, and other officials at its executive board meeting (EBM) presided over by Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal (Retd).
The Supreme Court on September 10, 2018 had directed the NAB to complete inquiry into the matter and submit its report. The case was registered in 2015 on the complaint of Shahid Sattar, an energy expert at NAB Karachi, against Abbasi for awarding the LNG import contract which allegedly caused a huge lose to the national exchequer.
In February this year, the Supreme Court fixed a plea filed by President Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, seeking disqualification of Abbasi over alleged corruption in the award of LNG import contract. The petition requested the Supreme Court to order the NAB to take action against Abbasi in this regard.
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