KARACHI: A court in Abu Dhabi has ordered former Ogra chief Tauqir Sadiq to be handed over to Pakistan within a month, a National Accountability Bureau official told Dawn.com on Monday.

The court order against tainted former chief of Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) was given on the request of the Pakistani government.

Tauqir Sadiq has been declared a proclaimed offender and is also a principal accused in a Rs82 billion corruption case.

He fled abroad soon after the Supreme Court declared his appointment as Ogra chief illegal on Nov 25, 2012, and ordered NAB to arrest him.

Sadiq managed to leave the country although his name was on the exit control list.

Two former prime ministers — Yousuf Raza Gilani and Raja Pervez Ashraf — have been accused of being involved in the ‘illegal’ appointment of Sadiq.