Hanif Abbasi acquitted in ephedrine case

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Wednesday acquitted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Raja Hanif Abbasi in the ephedrine quota case, ARY News reported.

The LHC division bench comprising Justice Aalia Neelum and Justice Asjad Javed Ghural announced the verdict. The court reserved verdict Tuesday after the concluding arguments of the lawyers for the appellant and the government.

The LHC also set aside life imprisonment handed down to Abbasi by special court in ephedrine quota case.

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

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