Another Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader — this time Hanif Abbasi — has been arrested and sent to Adiala jail. He was convicted by the Control of Narcotics Substances (CNS) Court of Rawalpindi and handed down life term in the case related to misuse of controlled chemical ephedrine.

Abbasi was contesting election against Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid from NA-60, Rawalpindi. With him out of the picture, Rashid gets a walkover in the upcoming polls since there is no covering candidate of the PML-N in the constituency.

The AML chief, however, shouldn't be surprised by these turn of events — he had regularly predicted in his speeches that Abbasi would be disqualified.

Read more about the lifetime conviction here.