Faridoon Abadan
Abadan Faridoon Abadan (born 1946) is a Pakistani politician and former Provincial Minister of Balochistan. He formerly owned Quetta Distilleries.[1] He has been missing since 2002.[2]
Politics
[edit]A Zoroastrian by faith, Abadan won two consecutive elections to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1985 and 1988 from a seat reserved for non-Muslim minorities;[3] he served as a Minister in the government.[4] His wife, Nilofer, stood in the 1990 elections from the same seat but lost to Sanat Singh, a Sikh; in the next election, Abadan contested himself but lost to Singh.[5][3] Nevertheless, he served as a special assistant to the two chief ministers — Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan and Zulfiqar Ali Khan Magsi — during these years.[6]
Kidnapping
[edit]On 17 February 2002, Abadan left his house to have dinner at a friend's place but never returned; he was believed to have been kidnapped, and his fate remains unknown.[7][8] A decade later, in March 2011, his wife was abducted but returned after ten months on payment of 30 million PKR as ransom.[8][2] The family has since shifted to Karachi.[8][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Success story: Brewing thoughts, and more". The Express Tribune. 2014-08-31. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ a b c Notezai, Muhammad Akbar. "The untold story of Quetta's dwindling Parsi community". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ a b Detailed Results of Elections to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan Archived 2022-11-04 at the Wayback Machine. Undated. Election Commission of Pakistan
- ^ The Herald, Volume 22, Issues 7-12
- ^ The Herald. Vol. 28
- ^ arZan (2011-03-23). "Persecuted for bravery: Niloufar Abadan". Parsi Khabar. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ "Balochistan's ex-minister missing". DAWN.COM. 2002-02-21. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ a b c "Quitting Quetta: Abductions spark exodus of Balochistan's Hindus". The Express Tribune. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2022-12-11.