Mahjabeen Abbasi
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Mahjabeen Abbasi is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2024.
Political career
In the 2024 Pakistani general election, she secured a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).{{cite news |title=PMLN's 12 more MNAs sworn in amid protest |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1174842-pmln-s-12-more-mnas-sworn-in-amid-protest |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=www.thenews.com.pk |date=2 April 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=PML-N bags 9 more NA reserved women seats |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2459005/pml-n-bags-9-more-na-reserved-women-seats |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=The Express Tribune |date=11 March 2024 |language=en}}
On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly.{{cite web |title=Notification dated 13 May 2024 |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/uploads/4YGUlQBsbV8JL4GCQqiYWeBEPvR9xqPrzOtOMYht.pdf |website=ecp.gov.pk |publisher=Election Commission of Pakistan |access-date=14 May 2024}} This action followed a Supreme Court of Pakistan decision to suspend the verdict of the Peshawar High Court, which had denied the allocation of a reserved seat to the PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council bloc.{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Iftikhar A. |title=Ruling coalition loses two-thirds majority in NA |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1833376/ruling-coalition-loses-two-thirds-majority-in-na |access-date=14 May 2024 |work=DAWN.COM |date=14 May 2024 |language=en}}
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Category:Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029
Category:Women members of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians
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