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ISLAMABAD - PML-N Leader and candidate of NA-60 Rawalpindi Hanif Abbasi will be shifted to Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.
He has been awarded life imprisonment in ephedrine quota case by Anti-Narcotics Court Rawalpindi.
The verdict was read by Judge of special court of Anti-Narcotics Mohammad Akram Khan.
After announcement of the verdict, Hanif Abbasi has been taken into custody from courtroom. Seven other co-accused have been acquitted on benefit of doubt.
Anti-Narcotics Court Rawalpindi had reserved judgment in the case after Hanif Abbasi's lawyer Tanveer Iqbal and the counsel for Anti-Narcotics Force concluded their arguments.
The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench had directed the special court to conduct hearing into the case on daily basis from 16th of this month and decide it by today.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had dismissed Hanif Abbasi's petition against the Lahore High Court's order.
