NAB seeks security as approvers receive threats in LNG scam case.

ISLAMABAD -- The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has sought security from the higher authorities for its approvers in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) scam case as they received threats before testifying in the court, media reported on Thursday.

The anti-corruption watchdog wrote letters to Interior Ministry, Inspector General (IG) Islamabad police, chief secretary and Inspector General Sindh police for providing security to two suspects after they turned approvers in LNG scam case.

The letter read that additional security arrangement should be made for former managing-director of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Zuhair Siddiqui and Inter-State Gas Systems (ISGS) MD Mubeen Saulat.

It is said that the two persons are key witnesses in the case after they turned approvers after the formal permission of NAB chairman Justice Retd Javed Iqbal. The approvers sought additional security arrangements following threats, the letter said.

It emerged earlier that the anti-graft watchdog will produce an overall 59 witnesses in the court where the petitioner Sheikh Rasheed will be the first witness in the case.

On December 12, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) reference again after...

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