Rawalpindi: The Awami Muslim League’s (AML) head and former federal minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has affirmed of having no contact with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder Imran Khan and any other PTI member.

According to the details, Sheikh Rashid was talking to media outside the anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi regarding the PTI.

He stated that PTI’s senator Shibli Faraz can say something regarding the table talks of PTI. There is no post of deputy prime minister in the constitution. The deputy prime minister is the constitution of Jati Omra.

AML’s head said that the next two months will be taking the country to economical destruction. The industrialist and investor were already crying amid the current situation of the country. The procurement of wheat did not start.

He also said that now the current situation is that no one is giving loan to Pakistan. Those people whose allegations have not proved should be released from jails. National accountability bureau (NAB) should take immediate notice of wheat scandal.

Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) withdrew the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) reference against former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

After NAB's reference was withdrawn, the accountability court acquitted all the accused, including former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

Earlier, NAB had decided to withdraw the LNG reference against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

It is reported that the decision to end the reference by NAB has been taken on merit.

The request to remove the reference was made by the former head of Pakistan State Oil (PSO), added the report.

It is pertinent to note that NAB arrested Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the same case in 2019.

In the reference, NAB claimed to have caused a loss of 21 billion rupees to the national exchequer.

LNG Case

It is important to mention that in the NAB inquiry, it was revealed that the management of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) and Interstate Gas System had awarded the LNG terminal at Karachi Port to M/S Engro in a non-transparent manner.

Along with this, SSGCL awarded 15 contracts for regasification of LNG at a fixed price per day to a subsidiary of Engro.

Not only Shahid Khaqan but also former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was accused of misuse of powers by awarding LNG terminal contract to 15 different companies of his choice.

In 2016, during the rule of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), NAB closed the inquiry against Shahid in the regional board meeting held in Karachi.

Two inquiries were sanctioned against him. When he was the former Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources, one of these inquiries into his alleged involvement in irregularities in LNG imports and the other was related to appointing the president Naeemuddin Khan in Bank of Punjab (BOP).

However, Abbasi said many times that he did not commit any irregularity in the contract given for the import of LNG and he can prove his innocence at every forum and that the LNG export in 2013 was an important need.

Lahore: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi Tuesday directed to further improve the management at the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Center on Zarar Shaheed Road, Lahore Cantonment.

Interior Minister visited the NADRA center and met the citizens who came to get ID cards and other necessary documents.

Mohsin Naqvi inquired about obtaining documents from the citizens and issued orders on the spot to solve their problems. He also reviewed the facilities provided for the citizens at the NADRA center.

The Home Minister directed to improve the cleaning management in NADRA Center Zarar Shaheed Road and also spoke to the people present at the counters.

Speaking on this occasion, Federal Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that if there is no mafia in NADRA, then they will eliminate it from the passport office as well. Efforts are being made to provide documents to citizens without delay in NADRA centers.