Safdar Ali Abbasi
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| office = Member of Senate of Pakistan
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| office1 = President of PPP-W
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| birth_place = Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan
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| nationality = Pakistani
| party = GDA (2024-present)
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Safdar Ali Abbasi ({{langx|ur|{{URDU|صفدر علی عباسی}}}} born 26 December 1957) is a Pakistani politician and physician. He is a former senator and the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Workers (PPP-W).
Early life
Abbasi was born in Larkana, Pakistan, on 26 December 1957. His family had long been involved in politics.[http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=325&CatCode=0&CatName= Safdar Abbasi's Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209093836/http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=325&CatCode=0&CatName= |date=2007-12-09 }} Abbasi's mother, Ashraf Abbasi, was at one time the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Abbasi attended Aitchison College, Lahore, completing Cambridge and Intermediate studies before pursuing a medical degree at Dow Medical College, Karachi. He was interested and involved in local politics during his youth.
Political career
In 2018, Abbasi along with some other PPP leaders announced his own faction named as Pakistan Peoples Party Workers and later became its president.{{cite web|author=Hafeez Tunio|date=11 May 2015|title=Splintering the party: Zulfiqar Mirza eyes new PPP faction|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/884276/splintering-the-party-zulfiqar-mirza-eyes-new-ppp-faction/|publisher=Express Tribune|access-date=14 May 2015}}{{cite web|author=The Newspaper's Staff Reporter|date=23 October 2014|title=Nahid, Abbasi launch new PPP faction|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1139772|work=dawn.com|publisher=Dawn|access-date=10 May 2015}}{{cite web|author=Syed Irfan Raza|date=9 May 2015|title=Estranged PPP leaders form new party|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1180862/estranged-ppp-leaders-form-new-party|work=dawn.com|publisher=Dawn|access-date=9 May 2015}}{{cite web|author=Naveed Butt|date=12 May 2015|title=Old loyalists: differences within PPP become more visible|url=http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1185210/|publisher=Business Recorder|access-date=14 May 2015}}
Controversies
= Benazir Bhutto's assassination case =
Safdar Abbasi and his wife, Naheed Khan, faced many problems after Benazir Bhutto's assassination on 27 December 2007, in Liaquat Bagh. Both were considered close to Benazir Bhutto and sidelined under the new leadership of Asif Ali Zardari, along with her other close advisers.Nelson, Dean. (31 August 2008) [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4641034.ece Asif Ali Zardari’s purge ‘betrays’ Benazir Bhutto's legacy]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Times. Retrieved 2008-09-11
Since Benazir Bhutto's death, many of the party workers who were close to her lost their positions in the Zardari government, including party worker and leader of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan Aitezaz Ahsan. Instead, many new figures were introduced to fill these positions.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4641034.ece Blame of Benazir Tragedy]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}[http://www.opfblog.com/1193/zardari-ignores-messages-of-naheed-khan-safdar-abbasi/ No Response From Zardari On Safdar's Call To Contradict]
References
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Category:Pakistan People's Party politicians
Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan
Category:People from Larkana District
Category:Aitchison College alumni