Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrested by NAB

LAHORE: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been arrested in LNG case by the National Accountability Court  on Thursday.Senior PML-N leader  and former minister Ahsan Iqbal confirmed that Abbasi   was taken into custody by the anti-graft body from near Lahore Toll Plaza.The former premier was summoned by the NAB in case related to LNG import today but he skipped hearing.Abbasi is facing the accusation of handing over a tender worth Rs220 billion to a company in which he was a shareholder himself.