Top court dismisses PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi’s appeal

The Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal filed by PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi in the ephedrine case.

The PML-N leader had petitioned the top court against a high court order. The Lahore High Court had ordered on July 11 that the narcotics smuggling trial against Abbasi be concluded on July 21.

On Tuesday, Justice Ijazul Ahsan remarked that the high court order was passed after the consent of all the parties involved in the case. He said that the top court cannot intervene when an order was passed after mutual consent. Abbasi’s lawyer, Kamran Murtaza, said that his client did not consent to the decision and demanded that it be expunged from the verdict.

The court adjourned the hearing for an indefinite period.

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had registered a case against Abbasi and his accomplices in June 2012. ANF officials say Abbasi sold ephedrine to narcotics smugglers, who used it to make ‘party drugs’.

Abbasi is contesting the upcoming election from Rawalpindi’s NA-60 constituency. Sheikh Rasheed is contesting the polls against him.

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