RAWLPINDI – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Hanif Abbasi condition hasdeteriorated in the Adiala Jail.

He has been shifted to the coronary care unit (CCU) of Rawalpindi Instituteof Cardiology (RIC) as his condition worsened on Thursday.

The PML-N leader, who has been incarcerated in Adiala jail, was shifted toRIC on Monday after he complained of chest pain and a stent was placed inhis artery.

A team of doctors is currently examining Abbasi, sources said.

Meanwhile, police officials said, “RIC’s VIP ward has been declared asub-jail and no one is allowed to meet the PML-N leader.”

“Jail police has been deployed at the CCU and VIP ward,” the officialsadded.

Abbasi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Control of NarcoticsSubstances (CNS) court in the ephedrine quota case on July 22. The PML-Nleader faced charges of misusing 500kg of the controlled chemical ephedrinewhich he obtained for his company, Gray Pharmaceutical, in 2010.