Andleeb Abbas
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Andleeb Abbas
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| office = Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
| primeminister = Imran Khan
| term_start = 27 September 2018
| term_end = 10 April 2022
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start1 = 13 August 2018
| term_end1 = 11 August 2023
| constituency1 = Reserved seat for women
| party = IPP (2023-present)
| nationality = Pakistani
| birth_date = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
| birth_place =
| education =
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| occupation =
| spouse = Nasir Abbas
| children = Zainab Abbas
| term_end2 = 20 January 2023
| otherparty = PTI (2018-2023)
}}
Andleeb Abbas is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.
Political career
She ran for the seat of the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the 2018 Pakistani Senate election{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=List of Senate candidates from Punjab|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1390468/list-of-senate-candidates-from-punjab|accessdate=20 February 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 February 2018}} but was unsuccessful. She received 46 votes and lost the seat to Nuzhat Sadiq.{{cite news |title=PML-N bags 11 Senate seats from Punjab |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/03/03/pml-n-bags-11-senate-seats-from-punjab/ |accessdate=16 August 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1426560/list-of-mnas-elected-on-reserved-seats-for-women-minorities |accessdate=12 August 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=12 August 2018}}
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed her as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs.{{cite news |title=15 MNAs appointed as parliamentary secretaries |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/27/15-mnas-appointed-as-parliamentary-secretaries/ |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |date=27 September 2018}}
Personal life
Andleeb's husband Nasir Abbas is a former first-class cricketer who played for Faisalabad and Hafizabad as a bowler. They have a daughter, Zainab Abbas, who is a television sports presenter.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/748599-sports-anchor|title=Sports anchor Zainab Abbas celebrates her first wedding anniversary|work=The News|date=24 November 2020|accessdate=24 November 2020}}
References
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Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNAs
Category:Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023
Category:Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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