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{{Short description|Pakistani politician and businessman}}
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| birth_place = [[Rawalpindi]], [[Pakistan]]
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|office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]
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'''Muhammad Hanif Abbasi''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|محمد حنيف عباسى}}}}; born 4 January 1966) is a businessman and politician of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]. He had been a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] twice from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2008 to 2013.
He was arrested in April 2018 in ephedrine quota case by anti-narcotics force and sentenced to prison for life by the court.However on April 11, 2019, a bench comprising Justice Aalia Neelum of the Lahore High Court suspended the sentence, the court maintained that all other accused in the case were acquitted and all legal points were not considered during the case.

== Early life and education ==
He was born on 4 January 1966 in [[Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/22/profile-pml-ns-rawalpindi-aide-hanif-abbasi/|title=Profile: PML-N's Rawalpindi aide Hanif Abbasi|website=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1024453|title=Hanif Abbasi|first=|last=Dawn.com|date=25 April 2013|publisher=}}</ref> He graduated from the [[Forman Christian College]] and [[University of the Punjab]].<ref name="PakLeaders">{{cite web | url=http://pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Muhammad_Hanif_Abbasi | title=Muhammad Hanif Abbasi | publisher=Pakistani Leaders Online | accessdate=29 March 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812101644/http://pakistanileaders.com.pk/profile/Muhammad_Hanif_Abbasi | archive-date=12 August 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Political career==
Abbasi started his political career as a member of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-e-Islami]] but later joined [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) in 2008.<ref name="auto"/>

He was first elected as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Constituency NA-56|NA-56 (Rawalpindi VII)]] as a candidate of [[Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal]] (MMA) and defeated [[Sheikh Rashid Ahmad]] nephew, Sheikh Rashid Shafiq in the 2002 by-elections.<ref name="auto"/>

In [[2008 Pakistani general election]], Abbasi joined the [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) and was again elected as a member of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] from [[Constituency NA-56|NA-56 (Rawalpindi VII)]] on the ticket of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) and defeated former Minister [[Sheikh Rashid Ahmad]] by bagging 73,433 votes.<ref name="auto"/>

In [[2013 Pakistani general election]], he again contested election from [[Constituency NA-56|NA-56 (Rawalpindi VII)]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) and was defeated after taking 67,169 votes against [[Imran Khan]] who obtained 80,425 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dawn.com/2013/03/28/imran-to-contest-from-na-56-2/ | title=PML-N finalises NA candidates | work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] | date=26 March 2013 | accessdate=29 March 2013 | author=Yasin, Aamir}}</ref>

In [[2018 Pakistani general election]], he was the nominated candidate from NA-60 (Rawalpindi-IV) on the ticket of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N), however, he was disqualified and sentenced for a lifetime in the narcotics case.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1421692 | title=Another PML-N candidate bites the dust | work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] | date=22 July 2018}}</ref>

==Disqualification==
An F.I.R. was registered against Abbasi in June 2012 for misuse of 500 k.g. of the controlled drug ephedrine obtained for his pharmaceutical company, Gray Pharmaceutical, in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.dawn.com/news/738565 |title= ephedrine case registered against PML-N's Hanif Abbasi |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|The Dawn]] |date=31 July 2012}}</ref> On November 2012, Abbasi was granted bail from the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench, however, just before election 2013, antinarcotic force submitted a challan to relook into the case before Abbasi can contest elections. However, Abbasi was allowed to contest election 2013, since his case was pending in the court.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1028402 |title= Hanif Abbasi's ephedrine case: Now brother is in trouble |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|The Dawn]] |date=12 July 2013}}</ref> On July, 2018, Justice Sardar Muhammad Akram, announced the judgment, in which he was found guilty in narcotics, imposing Rs. 1 million and lifetime imprisonment.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1421583 |title= Court hands life sentence to PML-N's Hanif Abbasi in ephedrine quota case |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|The Dawn]] |date=21 July 2018}}</ref> He was arrested from the courts room and was shifted to [[Central Jail Rawalpindi]]. On September 22, 2018, a scandal surfaced when Abbasi's picture was released from jail in a casual dress instead of Jail's apparel with his party leadership in Central Jail Adiala superintendent, after which he was shifted to Attock Jail from [[Central Jail Rawalpindi]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/372003-photo-leak-issue-hanif-abbasi-shifted-from-adiala-to-attock-jail |title=Photo leak issue: Hanif Abbasi shifted from Adiala to Attock jail|work=[[The News International|The News]] |date=23 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1434308|title=Hanif Abbasi shifted from Adiala jail to Attock prison after photo leak controversy|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|The Dawn]] |date=22 September 2018}}</ref> Abbasi experienced bad health during his imprisonment, reportedly he had kidney problems <ref>{{cite web| url= https://tribune.com.pk/story/1850004/1-hanif-abbasi-needs-surgery-prevent-kidney-failure/ |title=Hanif Abbasi needs surgery to prevent kidney failure|work=The Express Tribune |date= 19 November 2018}}</ref> He was shifted to [[Punjab Institute of Cardiology]] in January 2019 for cardiac procedures <ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1460649 |title=Hanif Abbasi undergoes cardiac procedure|work=The Dawn |date= 30 January 2019}}</ref> and in March, 2019 to [[Shaikh Zayed Hospital]] for his kidney and cardiac problems.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.dawn.com/news/1472493 |title=Punjab govt told to shift Hanif Abbasi to SZH|work=The Dawn |date= 29 March 2019}}</ref>

On April 11, 2019, a bench comprising Justice Aalia Neelum of the Lahore High Court suspended the sentence, the court maintained that all other accused in the case were acquitted and all legal points were not considered during the case.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/456509-hanif-abbasis-life-imprisonment-sentence-suspended-by-lhc |title=Relief for Hanif Abbasi as LHC accepts PML-N leader's bail|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|The Dawn]] |date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.na.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=83 Muhammad Hanif Abbasi – Profile] at [[National Assembly of Pakistan]]

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[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007]]
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[[Category:Pakistani prisoners and detainees]]
[[Category:Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan politicians]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs]]
[[Category:Forman Christian College alumni]]
[[Category:University of the Punjab alumni]]
[[Category:Politicians from Rawalpindi]]
[[Category:Pakistani politicians convicted of crimes]]
[[Category:Drug dealers]]

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