Sheikh Rasheed moves Supreme Court to disqualify PM Abbasi

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

The AML chief filed the petition in the apex court through Barrister Latif Khosa, pleading to disqualify the incumbent prime minister from office over alleged corruption in the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract.

The court was further requested in the petition to order the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to take action against Abbasi in this regard.

The petitioner has levelled allegations of massive corruption over the prime minister in the LNG contract, which, he said, the prime minister in his capacity as the minister for petroleum and natural resources had awarded back in year 2015.

Speaking to the media outside the apex court, Rasheed claimed he was going to expose those who brought expensive LNG to the country, causing a huge loss to the national exchequer.

He said it was not easy to get his hands on the documents regarding the LNG contract, but he succeeded in getting the documents to expose the alleged LNG scam.