INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been arrested in the LNG case, the National Accountability Bureau said on
Thursday.Senior PML-N leader and former minister Ahsan Iqbal, who was with Abbasi, confirmed that the ex-PM was taken into custody by the
anti-graft body from near Lahore Toll Plaza.The former premier was summoned by the NAB in case related to LNG import today but he skipped
the appearance.Abbasi is facing the accusation of handing over a tender worth Rs220 billion to a company in which he was a shareholder
himself.Reacting to the development, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said: "My dear countrymen another prime minister elected from your
votes is arrested".TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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