Ephedrine quota case: LHC orders Hanif Abbasi to appear in all hearings

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued a detailed verdict in ephedrine quota case and ordered the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Hanif Abbasi, to appear in each hearing of the case until final decision of the court, ARY News reported.

The LHC also ordered Abbasi to submit two surety of Rs 5 million each.

The court said in its detailed verdict that prosecution couldn’t prove the charges during court proceedings, while Abbasi’s lawyer satisfied the court with their arguments.

Hanif Abbasi is under treatment in the coronary care unit (CCU) of Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Lahore as his health deteriorated earlier in the day.

Read: LHC suspends Hanif Abbasi’s sentence in ephedrine quota case

The Lahore High Court had suspended life imprisonment sentence awarded to Hanif Abbasi on Thursday, in ephedrine quota case and ordered his release.

According to hospital sources, Abbasi is suffering from heart and kidney related issues.

“The electrocardiogram (ECG) of Hanif Abbasi carried out at the hospital showed variations.”

The PML-N leader was arrested just four days before the general election in the country last year. A former MNA, Abbasi was to contest the 2018 general election from NA-60 Rawalpindi.

Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had registered a case against Abbasi and others in June 2012 under sections 9-C, 14 and 15 of the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) Act for misuse of 500kg of ephedrine.