Drug case convict advisor to PM Hanif Abbasi lands in trouble

Drug case convict advisor to PM Hanif Abbasi lands in trouble

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed for hearing a petition against the appointment of Hanif Abbasi as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister.

In the petition, the federation has been made a party through the cabinet secretary and Muhammad Hanif Abbasi.

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah will hear the petition against the appointment of Hanif Abbasi as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister. Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid has filed a petition against Hanif Abbasi.

The petition states that the Anti-Narcotics Force registered a case against Hanif Abbasi on July 21, 2012. Hanif Abbasi has been convicted in Ephedrine quota case, the trial court had sentenced him on July 21, 2018.