INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court suspended Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi's sentence in ephedrine quota case on
Thursday.A two-judge bench headed by Justice Aalia Neelum heard Abbasi's bail petition, ordering his release.Abbasi was sentenced to life
imprisonment on June 22, 2018, by a special anti-narcotics court in the ephedrine quota case.The PML-N stalwart bail petition stated that
the anti-narcotics court had much taken taken into account important legal points in its decision."Seven other suspects were released
The case was formed against the petitioner on political basis," the petition added pmain that the sentence be suspended.Following the
verdict by the anti-narcotics court, Abbasi was arrested four days prior to the general election.He was due to contest the 2018 polls from
NA-60 Rawalpindi.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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