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NAB to seek extension in Miftah Ismail, Imran ul Haq’s physical remand

Miftah Ismail

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister, Miftah Ismail and former Managing Director (MD) Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Imran ul Haq will be presented in the accountability court as their 11-day remand expired on Friday (today).

According to the anti-graft watchdog, the LNG sector was suffering an annual loss of $228 thousand annually due to the underhanded practices carried out by aforesaid persons in the previous government.

The NAB team will seek another extension in the remand of the accused.

On last hearing of the case, an accountability court had extended physical remand of Miftah Ismail and Imran ul Haq in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tender scandal.

Haq’s counsel Salman Akram Raja in his arguments before the court had said the accountability bureau has no concrete proof against his client on which his physical remand can be extended.

The medical reports of Miftah Ismail were also presented in the court. According to the reports, the PML-N leader is suffering from heart disease and keeping him in the custody can be deadly.

Read more: Shahid Khaqan, Miftah Ismail, others placed on ECL in LNG scandal probe

However, the court extended the physical remand of both the accused till August 30 and adjourned the hearing.

Ismail who was attending court proceedings over a bail petition he had submitted prior in the Islamabad High Court was apprehended by a NAB team which got there after the politician’s bail request was rejected by the court.

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