Former Pakistani PM Abbasi Arrested by Anti-Graft Agency

LAHORE, Pakistan—Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on July 18, prompting opposition accusations that the government was trying to silence criticism.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, on Sept 21, 2017. Eduardo Munoz/File Photo/Reuters

LAHORE, Pakistan—Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on July 18, prompting opposition accusations that the government was trying to silence criticism.

The National Accountability Bureau said in a statement that Abbasi had been detained in a case that was opened last year over a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal project.