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Abbas Khan Afridi

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Abbas Khan Afridi
Ministry of Textile Industry
In office
March 2014 – June 2015
PresidentMamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif
Preceded byKhurram Dastgir
Personal details
Born
Abbas Khan Afridi

Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Other political
affiliations
PMLN (2018-2024)
RelationsShammim Afridi (father)
Amjad Khan Afridi (brother)
Children5
OccupationPolitician
Businessman

Abbas Khan Afridi (Urdu: عباس خان آفریدی) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who previously served as the Federal Minister of Textile Industry in 2014-2015[1] and is a member of the Senate of Pakistan.[2]

Afridi was the second highest tax payer in the country in 2013.[3]

Personal life

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Belonging to Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, his father Shammim Afridi and his brother Amjad Khan Afridi are both politicians.[4]

Business career

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He is the founder and CEO of Afridi Traders and holds shares in other projects as well.

Political career

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He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2009 as an Independent candidate. He was sworn in as Federal Minister of Textile Industry on 19 March 2014.[5]

He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-32 Kohat as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), but was unsuccessful. He received 44,154 votes and was defeated by Shehryar Afridi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]

He contested the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-35 Kohat as a candidate of PML(N), but was unsuccessful. He received 58,034 votes and was defeated by Shehryar Afridi, an independent candidate supported by PTI.[7]

On 25 June 2024, he left the Pakistan Muslim League (N)[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Federal Minister List Pakistan". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Senate profile". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Oath as Federal textile Minister". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  4. ^ "PPP Senator Shamim Afridi's house attacked in Kohat". Dawn News. 3 September 2022.
  5. ^ "JUI-F's Abbas Afridi gets textile". No. 19 March 2014. Pakistan Today. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Abbas Afridi quits PML-N as 'Nawaz becomes irrelevant in country's politics'". Geo News. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.