Andleeb Abbas

Andleeb Abbas is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023.

Andleeb Abbas
Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs
In office 27 September 2018 – 10 April 2022
Prime Minister	Imran Khan
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 13 August 2018 – 11 August 2023
Constituency	Reserved seat for women
Personal details
Born	Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	IPP (2023-present)
Other political affiliations	PTI (2018-2023)
Spouse	Nasir Abbas
Children	Zainab Abbas

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^[1] but was unsuccessful. She received 46 votes and lost the seat to Nuzhat Sadiq.^[2]

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.^[3]

On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed her as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs.^[4]

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.^[5]