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PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi jailed for life in ephedrine case
ISLAMABAD: An anti-narcotic court on Saturday sentenced PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi to life in prison in an ephedrine drugs case.
Abbasi, who was PML-N's candidate in Rawalpindi, was accused of misusing and selling 500kg controlled chemical ephedrine to narcotics smugglers.
Hanif Abbasi has been arrested from the courtroom after the verdict, Geo reported.
Judge Muhammad Akram Khan had reserved judgment in ephedrine case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanif Abbasi.
The decision was reserved after his lawyer completed arguments in the court where the accused was also present ..
The judge said he would pronounce the judgement within the next three to four hours.
The judge on Friday rejected PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi’s request to extend the trial deadline in the case.
The judge decided to strictly follow the orders of the apex court and high court to conclude the ephedrine case today (Saturday).
Former MNA Hanif Abbasi and 10 others are accused in the ephedrine quota case.
Hanif Abbasi was accused of misappropriating 500kg of the controlled chemical ephedrine, obtaining it in 2010, and selling it to narcotics smugglers. All requests of Hanif Abbasi about delay in concluding the ephedrine case only by 10 days have been rejected.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/344608-hanif-abbasi-sentencted-to-in-drugs-case
ISLAMABAD: An anti-narcotic court on Saturday sentenced PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi to life in prison in an ephedrine drugs case.
Abbasi, who was PML-N's candidate in Rawalpindi, was accused of misusing and selling 500kg controlled chemical ephedrine to narcotics smugglers.
Hanif Abbasi has been arrested from the courtroom after the verdict, Geo reported.
Judge Muhammad Akram Khan had reserved judgment in ephedrine case against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanif Abbasi.
The decision was reserved after his lawyer completed arguments in the court where the accused was also present ..
The judge said he would pronounce the judgement within the next three to four hours.
The judge on Friday rejected PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi’s request to extend the trial deadline in the case.
The judge decided to strictly follow the orders of the apex court and high court to conclude the ephedrine case today (Saturday).
Former MNA Hanif Abbasi and 10 others are accused in the ephedrine quota case.
Hanif Abbasi was accused of misappropriating 500kg of the controlled chemical ephedrine, obtaining it in 2010, and selling it to narcotics smugglers. All requests of Hanif Abbasi about delay in concluding the ephedrine case only by 10 days have been rejected.
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/344608-hanif-abbasi-sentencted-to-in-drugs-case