Hanif Abbasi

Muhammad Hanif Abbasi (Urdu: محمد حنيف عباسى‎; born 4 January 1966) is a Pakistani businessman and politician. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, representing Rawalpindi, on the ticket of the Pakistan Muslim League, in 2008. He was involved in an ephedrine controversy in 2012.

Early life and education

Muhammad Hanif Abbasi was born in Lahore on 4 January 1966. His father is Muhammad Khalil Abbasi and he is one of five brothers; he also has one sister. He studied in the Muslim League High School in Lahore and went on to attend the FC College and University of the Punjab.

He started his career as a cricketer in Rawalpindi in 1986.

Political career

As a member of the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, Abbasi scored an upset win in the 2002 by-elections for the NA-56 (Rawalpindi VII) constituency, defeating Sheikh Rashid Shafiq. In 2008 Abbasi joined the centre-right party Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and defeated Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Sheikh Rashid Shafiq's uncle, by a wide margin in the general election. In that election, Abbasi accumulated 73,433 votes; his nearest opponent, Shaukat Hayyat Khan of Pakistan Peoples Party, took 22,720, while Rashid garnered 10,964 votes.

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Sheikh Rashid makes ‘victory speech’ even before result of his seat

Dawn 26 Jul 2018

He also hailed the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP), saying though the commission had committed “excesses” to him by deferring the polls in NA-60 constituency after the disqualification of PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi in the ephedrine case, he said he was thankful to it as well....

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SC upholds ECP decision to stay elections in NA-60

Dawn 25 Jul 2018

The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a request of Awami Muslim League head Sheikh Rashid to order polling in his constituency NA-60, Rawalpindi, after the Election Commission of Pakistan suspended elections there following the conviction of his rival Hanif Abbasi, of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, in the ephedrine quota case....

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Dawn: LHC rejects Sheikh Rashid’s plea against NA-60 poll delay

Arabnews 25 Jul 2018

Author. article author. Arab News Pakistan Tue, 2018-07-24 21.39 July 24 ... Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem of the LHC Rawalpindi bench upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision of postponing the election after Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Hanif Abbasi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) court in the ephedrine case on July 21. Main category. Press Review ... ....

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Petition against polls postponement in NA-60 rejected

Dawn 25 Jul 2018

ISLAMABAD. Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the PPP candidate against postponement of the elections in NA-60 after the conviction of PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi ... ....

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Pakistan Elections 2018: Polling postponed in eight constituencies

DNA India 25 Jul 2018

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi was handed a life sentence in the Ephedrine quota case, rendering him unfit to contest the polls for NA-60, leading to the postponement ... ....

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ECP expects record turnout of voters

Dawn 25 Jul 2018

ISLAMABAD. As the nation goes to polls today (on Wednesday), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is optimistic about a record turnout of voters ... Read. Nation’s tryst with destiny today ... He said polling in most of the nine constituencies had been postponed due to death of contesting candidates, with the exception of NA-60 where polling had been deferred due to disqualification of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate Hanif Abbasi ... ....

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Nation’s tryst with destiny today

Dawn 25 Jul 2018

• Over 105m voters to elect their representatives. • No party likely to sweep polls ... ISLAMABAD ... The ECP deferred the election on NA-60 Rawalpindi seat just three days before the polling when PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi was sentenced by a court in the ephedrine case. In the Rawalpindi constituency, his main rival was Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who had been expecting a walkover after Mr Abbasi’s disqualification ... Khan ... ....

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LHC rejects Sheikh Rashid’s plea against NA-60 poll delay

Dawn 24 Jul 2018

ISLAMABAD ... Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem of the LHC Rawalpindi bench upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision of postponing the election after Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Hanif Abbasi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) court in the ephedrine case on July 21 ... Election has been put off after disqualification and imprisonment of PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi. The petitioner stated ... ....

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LHC asked to postpone NA-127 polls after Maryam's disqualification

Dawn 24 Jul 2018

Voter Imran Butt submitted an application through his counsel requesting the court to postpone the election in NA-127, arguing that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had postponed elections in NA-60 after PML-N candidate Hanif Abbasi was disqualified and sent to jail by a special court a few days earlier....

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PML-N more focused on campaign after verdict

Dawn 24 Jul 2018

The election in NA-60, Rawalpindi IV, was postponed after the decision of the Control of Narcotics Substances Court against Hanif Abbasi in the ephedrine case but the election in PP-16 and PP-17 will be conducted on schedule ... In PP-16, PML-N’s Arslam Hafeez will be contesting against PTI’s Raja Rashid Hafeez and in PP-17, PML-N’s Raja Abdul Hanif will be contesting against PTI’s Fayyazul Hassan Chauhan....

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No poll for NA-60: Supreme Court rejects Shaikh Rashid's plea

Dawn 24 Jul 2018

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday rejected Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Shaikh Rashid's plea for going ahead with polling in NA-60 after they were deferred by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) after a special court disqualified a candidate, PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi, in the ephedrine case....

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Even at its height, campaigning in Gujar Khan remains peaceful

Dawn 24 Jul 2018

Whether coming from Lahore or Islamabad, the election situation on G.T. Road changes completely upon entry into Gujar Khan tehsil of Rawalpindi district. Almost all the buildings and every electricity pole is decked with party flags ... As supporters gather at the residence of Chaudhry Riaz to take out a rally, the hot topic is sympathy with Hanif Abbasi over his conviction and comparisons with Raja Pervaiz Ashraf ... However, he lost in 2013....

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Hanif Abbasi’s disqualification: ECP postpones election in NA-60

The News International 23 Jul 2018

Amid a stream of views coming in support and against the sentencing of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Hanif Abbasi from NA-60, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday notified postponement of the election in this constituency of Rawalpindi.The Election Commission said that while preparations for the general elections were ......

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