The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday accepted for hearing the bail petition of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi in the ephedrine case.
A two-member bench comprising Justice Ibad-ur-Rehman Lodhi and Justice Shahid Mubeen issued notices to Central Jail Rawalpindi officials and the Anti-Narcotics Force. The court also sought a response from the jail superintendent by October 9.
The bench also summoned a complete record of the case. The bail plea was submitted over humanitarian and medical grounds, stating that the PML-N leader was “suffering from a cardiac condition and therefore could not undergo treatment in jail”. On September 22, the convicted PML-N leader was moved to Attock Jail after a controversy surrounding a ‘leaked’ photo of him with former premier Nawaz Sharif in Adiala jail. In the days leading up to the July 25 elections, an anti-narcotics court handed down life imprisonment to former MNA Abbasi in the eight-year-old ephedrine quota case.
Published in Daily Times, October 2nd, 2018.
