NAB Chairman could neither take a decision earlier nor he can take one now: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (SABAH): Former prime minister and Senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that inflation, unemployment and poverty have increased due to which people are suffering. We are seeing these days due to interference within the system and the country will not run till the interference in the constitutional system is over.
Talking to media in Islamabad after appearing before the accountability court judge Muhammad Azam Khan in LNG reference, PML-N leader said that the NAB Chairman could neither take a decision earlier nor he can take one now.
He further said, “with the NAB Amendment Ordinance the government gave itself NRO, there are scandals in every department of the present government, we have not been able to find out what crime we committed till date, Chairman NAB tell us our crime.”
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi further said that the country’s economy was destroyed, there are Chinese flour scandals in the country.
Moreover, “what was done in the joint session of Parliament is in front of everyone, members were forcefully called to the joint session of Parliament, the counting of this government is also weak, elections were stolen in this country,” the PML-N leader added.
Meanwhile the accountability court has adjourned the hearing of LNG reference against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others due to the absence of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor.
An accountability court in Islamabad conducted the hearing of LNG reference in which Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former member of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Aamir Naseem have appeared.
The defence lawyer told the court that Aamir Naseem had been transported through a police van from the Lahore jail yesterday. Aamir Naseem apprised the court that he is suffering from cardiac disease and has three stents.
He said that a petrol crisis had hit the country in 2020 and he closed the operations of a company at that time. He added that he got retired from his post in 2016. He said that his only fault was to stop the operation of a company that had been restored following the order of the Lahore High Court (LHC).
The assistant lawyer pleaded with the accountability court to grant exemption from personal appearance in the hearing to Aamir Naseem as he is going to appear before the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore chapter in another case. The court approved the exemption plea of Aamir Naseem.
Later, the accountability court adjourned the hearing of the LNG reference till December 14 due to the absence of the NAB prosecutor.
Ex-PM Abbasi, former finance minister Dr. Miftah Ismail Ahmed, former managing director of the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Sheikh Imranul Haq, ex-chairperson of the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) Uzma Adil Khan and others are named in the reference.