Court testifies witness against Shahid Khaqan

ISLAMABAD - An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday recorded the statement of an other prosecution witness in LNG ref­erence against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, ex-finance ad­visor Miftah Ismail and others.

AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the case lodged by National Ac­countability Bureau (NAB). Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others appeared before court along with his legal team. 

The court testified the NAB witness and chief engineer Sui Southern Gas Company Limited Farhan Umer and instructed him to appear again on next hearing for cross examination by the defence lawyer. The hearing of the case then adjourned till Septem­ber 1. The NAB had also named Sha­hid Khaqan Abbasi’s son Abdullah Khaqan Abbasi in the reference.

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