Ex-prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi tested positive for COVID

• Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s lawyer Khawaja Naveed Ahmed has filed an exemption application.
• The accountability court has approved Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s exemption request.
• Accountability Court adjourned the hearing till January 16.

KARACHI: Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has tested positive for COVID-19 and quarantined himself.
The reference of illegal recruitment in PSO against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others is under hearing in the accountability court.

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s lawyer Khawaja Naveed Ahmed has filed an exemption application in the accountability court after the former prime minister tested positive for COVID.

The lawyer said that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi contracted the COVID, after which he self-quarantined due to which he could not come from Islamabad to Karachi and he should be exempted from attendance.

The accountability court has approved Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s exemption request and adjourned the hearing till January 16.

It should be noted that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and the other accused appeared in court about illegal recruitment in PSO in the last hearing.

During the hearing, the lawyer of the accused said that the application related to the NAB amendment is under hearing in the Supreme Court.

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