RAWALPINDI: Prominent member of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday excused himself from appearing before National Accountability Bureau Rawalpindi in LNG Terminal case as he is abroad.
Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan was summoned by the bureau in the LNG contract case.
Abbasi has written a letter to NAB, informing the accountability watchdogs that he will not be able to make an appearance before their Rawalpindi office, however, he can come after March 17 on any given day as he will back in Pakistan by that time.
NAB had summoned former premier on March 7 (today) to appear before their Investigation Team (CIT) of the NAB Rawalpindi in LNG Terminal case along with the answers of the questionnaire handed to him.
Earlier, a four-member Investigation Team of NAB Rawalpindi, probing the LNG case had handed over a questionnaire comprising 70 questions to former PM Shahid Khaqan and asked him to submit the reply by February 28.
However, the CIT did not receive the reply yet and now he was sent a reminder letter to appear before the CIT on March 7 along with the reply to the questionnaire.
