KARACHI, July 18: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) today claimed that the former Minister for Finance of the country has been in hiding from a possible arrest, sources reported on Thursday.
The anti-graft watchdog has been searching for the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) stalwart in reference to the corruption allegations against him but has as yet remained fruitless, sources claimed.
Miftah Ismail was summoned on Thursday in NAB’s Islamabad Office in context to the corruption allegations against him over misuse of power in allotting LNG quotas during his tenure.
Sources also revealed that the anti-corruption bureau raided the politicians office too but he was not to be found.
Earlier, The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 7 extended interim bail of former finance minister Miftah Ismail in a case pertaining to Liquefied Natural Gas quota scam was approved till May 30.
A two-member bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the case.
During the course of proceedings, Justice Athar Minallah asked the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) investigation officer that whether they wanted to arrest the petitioner.
The NAB official apprised the court that he had no arrest warrants so far against Miftah. The NAB officials requested the court to grant them sometime to submit answer against the bail petition. On the request of NAB officials, the court extended the interim bail of Miftah till May 30 and adjourned the hearing. – NNI
