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

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| education =

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| spouse = Nasir Abbas

| children = Zainab Abbas

| term_end2 = 20 January 2023

| otherparty = PTI (2018-2023)

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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}}

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