LNG graft reference: Court records statement of witness against Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Tuesday recorded the statement of another witness against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others in the LNG graft reference.

AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan conducted the hearing against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Abdullah Khaqan, ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail and others.

At the outset of the hearing, the defence lawyer requested the court to grant one-day exemption from hearing to Miftah Ismail as he was out of the city. At this, the court recorded the statement of NAB witness Hasan Bhatti and made the documents produced by him part of the case record.

The court summoned the witness again on next hearing and adjourned the hearing till January 7.

Meanwhile, the same court adjourned the hearing on the Pink Residency reference pertaining to a fake accounts scam till January 5. The court granted one-day exemption from hearing to Abdul Ghani Majeed, an accused in the case.