Abbas Khan Afridi

Senator
Abbas Khan Afridi
عباس خان آفریدی
Minister for Textiles
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)
RelationsAmjad Khan Afridi (brother)
Children5
ParentShammim Afridi (father)
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

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

Business career

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

Political career

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

  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.