Abbas Khan Afridi
Abbas Khan Afridi | |
|---|---|
عباس خان آفریدی | |
| Minister for Textiles | |
| In office March 2014 – June 2015 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Khurram Dastgir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Abbas Khan Afridi 1 September 1970 Kohat, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan |
| Died | 6 June 2025 (aged 54) Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Party | PMLN (2018–2024) |
| Relations | Amjad Khan Afridi (brother) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent | Shammim Afridi (father) |
| Occupation | Politician Businessman |
Abbas Khan Afridi (Urdu: عباس خان آفریدی; 1 September 1970 – 6 June 2025) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the Federal Minister of Textile Industry in 2014-2015[1] and had been a member of the Senate of Pakistan.[2] Afridi was the second-highest tax payer in the country in 2013.[3]
Background
[edit]Belonging to Kohat in the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), his father Shammim Afridi and his brother Amjad Khan Afridi are both politicians.[4]
Business career
[edit]Afridi was the founder and CEO of Afridi Traders and held shares in other projects as well.[citation needed]
Political career
[edit]Afridi was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2009 as an Independent candidate. He was sworn in as Federal Minister of the Textile Industry on 19 March 2014.[5]
He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-32 Kohat as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), but was unsuccessful. He received 44,154 votes and was defeated by Shehryar Afridi, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6]
He contested the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-35 Kohat as a candidate of PML(N), but was unsuccessful. He received 58,034 votes and was defeated by Shehryar Afridi, an independent candidate supported by PTI.[7]
On 25 June 2024, he left the Pakistan Muslim League (N).[8]
Death
[edit]Afridi died on 6 June 2025 of burn injuries from a gas explosion, at his residence in Kohat. He was 54.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Federal Minister List Pakistan". National Assembly of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Senate profile". Senate of Pakistan. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "Oath as Federal textile Minister". The Express Tribune. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "PPP Senator Shamim Afridi's house attacked in Kohat". Dawn News. 3 September 2022.
- ^ "JUI-F's Abbas Afridi gets textile". No. 19 March 2014. Pakistan Today. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ECP. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ECP. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Abbas Afridi quits PML-N as 'Nawaz becomes irrelevant in country's politics'". Geo News. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Ex-minister Abbas Afridi succumbs to injuries from gas explosion". GEO TV. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ Bacha, Umar (6 June 2025). "Ex-federal minister Abbas Afridi succumbs to burn injuries sustained in gas leak explosion". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
