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RAWALPINDI: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has lodged an FIR against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Hanif Abbasi, for illegally acquiring 500kgs of ephedrine, a controlled substance, Geo News reported.

According to sources, Abbasi’s pharmaceutical company had procured half a tonne ephedrine surpassing the legal quota limit by leaps and bounds.

The FIR was registered in an ANF station.

On the other hand, when was Abbasi was contacted for a comment he regretted the action terming this action as a blatant political victimization.

He claimed that Anti-Narcotics Force was framing him in this case as the quota he had acquired was legal.

It is mention-worthy that MNA Ali Musa Gilani, son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, is among the accused in the case, involving a scam worth Rs7 billion.

It was the same scam, which prevented Makhdum Shahabuddin from vying for the premiership of the country as an arrest warrant was issued for him hours before he could even take part in the election for PM.