ISLAMABAD  – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has on Tuesday approved former Pakistan State Oil (PSO) Managing Director (MD) Sheikh Imranul Haq’s bail plea in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) case.

According to details, the court has directed to release the suspect and ordered him to submit surety bond worth one million rupees. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had requested the IHC to turn down the bail petition.

It is pertinent here to mention that an accountability court earlier extended judicial remand of former premier and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and ex-finance minister Miftah Ismail till December 3 in the LNG scandal.