RAWALPINDI: A division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to high-ups of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seeking their written response by September 4 in response to a petition filed by PML-N leader Muhammad Hanif Abbasi against the seizure of his bank accounts.
The division bench of LHC Rawalpindi Bench comprising of Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmed Khan and Justice Ibad-ur-Rehman Lodhi furnished notices to Director General (DG) ANF, Director Rawalpindi Region, Area Assistant Director and the investigators of ANF in response to two identical petitions filed by Punjab Sports Board Committee Head Muhammad Hanif Abbasi and his brother Basit Abbasi, the owner of pharmaceutical company.
Muhammad Hanif Abbasi filed a petition through his lawyer Tanveer Iqbal Khan while citing the ANF authorities and officials of two banks as respondents pleaded the ANF had unlawfully seized his bank accounts and assets.
Abbasi claimed that the ANF informed him through two different letters that his assets and bank accounts had been seized under relevant sections of Control of Narcotics Substance Act and under ANF Act. He said that the authorities issued no prior notices to him or his other family members.
The petitioner added that under the relevant laws, the ANF could proceed and seize the assets or accounts during the stage of the inquiry.
