Hanif's plea for early hearing put off.

LAHORE -- Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti on Friday adjourned an application of PML-N leader Raja Hanif Abbasi for an early hearing of his appeal against sentence in the ephedrine quota case and its transfer from Rawalpindi seat to the principal seat.

The chief justice asked the petitioner's counsel to wait for a week as a new roster of the judges working at all regional benches and the principal seat had been prepared.

Justice Bhatti observed that the appeal would be transferred to Lahore if judges working at the Rawalpindi seat recused themselves from hearing the same.

A special court for control of narcotic substances (CNS) had handed down life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs1 million to Abbasi days before the last general elections on July 21, 2018, in the ephedrine quota case.

The ANF 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.

Abbasi was contesting the election against his main rival Awami Muslim League's chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad from NA-60, Rawalpindi but he stood disqualified...

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