Islamabad, Feb 21 (TNS): Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed met the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday and submitted details of alleged corruption in the award of a contract for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) when Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was the federal petroleum minister.
He has also informed the NAB chairman about the mega corruption of Captain retired Safdar who drawn Rs 9 billion development fund from cabinet division without making PC one. He said, he complaint about the scam to finance department but finance department is reluctant to take action against him. He requested NAB chairman to conduct investigation about the money that where it has been utilized and who allow him to draw money.
Talking to the media later, Rasheed claimed he has done half of the work for the bureau as he has also submitted evidence of the Rs200 billion scandal. He claimed that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has decided to launch an assault against the Supreme Court chief justice and NAB chairman, adding that they Nawaz Sharif is searching for evidence to launch a movement against the NAB chairman. PM Abbasi involved in Rs200 billion LNG corruption scam, alleges Sheikh Rasheed They can do whatever they want but will fail in their plans,” the AML chief said, adding that he will strike the last nail in the coffin of their PML-N’s politics. Ahmed states that Abbasi awarded the LNG import contract in 2015 without observing transparency in the bidding process and seeks a probe into the LNG import contracts claiming that they were commissioned in violation of rules.
