Court seeks NAB's comments on plea for termination of LNG reference against Abbasi.

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday sought comments from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on a plea seeking to terminate the LNG reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and others.

AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference lodged by NAB.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi appeared before the court along with his legal team.

At the outset of hearing, the defence lawyer adopted the stance that the things were cleared after the amendments in NAB Ordinance, adding that the reference didn't fall in jurisdiction of the accountability court.

At this, the judge asked whether any accused had filed application to the court in this regard.

Defence counsel Barrister Qasim Abbasi said that they were ready to submit the application on it.

He said that the matter approved by the cabinet, ECC and other relevant bodies didn't fall under the jurisdiction of NAB. He...