An accountability court on Monday again delayed the announcement of verdict in LNG reference against former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The court set to announce its verdict today, but it delayed it again, citing the verdict has not been written ‘completely’.
The court has again fixed July 18 for annoucemnet of the verdict in the LNG refernece.
Ex-PM Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail, former managing director of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Sheikh Imranul Haq, ex-chairperson of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Uzma Adil and others are named in the reference.
The court had indicted all the accused in the case. They pleaded not guilty and opted to contest the charges. Subsequently, the court directed the NAB prosecution to furnish evidence to back up the charges against them.
Former PM Abbasi is accused of awarding an LNG Terminal-I contract to a firm at Port Qasim Karachi, at exorbitant rates.
