Abbas Khan Afridi
Abbas Khan Afridi | |
|---|---|
عباس خان آفریدی | |
| Minister for Textiles | |
| In office March 2014 – June 2015 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Khurram Dastgir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abbas Khan Afridi Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Other political affiliations | PMLN (2018-2024) |
| Relations | Amjad Khan Afridi (brother) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent | Shammim Afridi (father) |
| Occupation | Politician 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
[edit]Belonging to Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, his father Shammim Afridi and his brother Amjad Khan Afridi are both politicians.[4]
Business career
[edit]He is the founder and CEO of Afridi Traders and holds shares in other projects as well.
Political career
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Federal Minister List Pakistan". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Senate profile". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Oath as Federal textile Minister". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "PPP Senator Shamim Afridi's house attacked in Kohat". Dawn News. 3 September 2022.
- ^ "JUI-F's Abbas Afridi gets textile". No. 19 March 2014. Pakistan Today. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Abbas Afridi quits PML-N as 'Nawaz becomes irrelevant in country's politics'". Geo News. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
