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PML-N's Miftah Ismail arrested by NAB after IHC rejects request for bail extension
August 07, 2019
ISLAMABAD, Aug 07 (INP): Former finance minister Miftah Ismail was on Wednesday arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after the Islamabad High Court rejected his request for an extension in his pre-arrest interim bail in the LNG import case.
Ismail, a PML-N leader, is wanted by NAB in connection with an “inquiry against the authorities, including minister for petroleum and natural resources, the secretary concerned and others regarding illegal award of LNG terminal-1 to Engro Energy Terminal Private Limited”.
IHC Chief Justice Justice Athar Minallah, who was heading a two-judge bench that heard the former finance minister's application, stated that the Supreme Court had set a standard for granting bail in NAB cases.
"Bail in NAB cases can only be given in cases of hardship," the judge ruled, rejecting Ismail's petition.
A NAB team took Ismail into custody soon after the verdict and he was taken away.
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