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 |
| Political 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
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
Afridi was the founder and CEO of Afridi Traders and held shares in other projects as well.
Political career
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
Afridi died on 6 June 2025 of burn injuries from a gas explosion, at his residence in Kohat. He was 54.[9][10]
References
- ^ "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. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". ECP. 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.