Javed Iqbal Abbasi

Javed Iqbal Abbasi
Member of the Senate of Pakistan
In office
1997–1999
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1990–1993
ConstituencyNA-12 (Abbottabad)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
ChildrenMurtaza Javed Abbasi (son)[1]

Haji Javed Iqbal Abbasi is a Pakistani politician and former senator. He had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1985 to 1988 and again from 1990 to 1993.

Political career

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He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from NA-12 (Abbottabad) in 1985 Pakistani general election.[2]

He was re-elected the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad from NA-12 (Abbottabad) in 1990 Pakistani general election.[2] He received 43,764 votes and defeated independent candidate Sardar Gul Khatab.[3]

He became senator on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N) in 1997 senate election.[2]

After 1999 Pakistani coup d'état he was arrested and jailed in August 2000 in Mushraf regime.[2] He was also disqualified for 10 years for holding any public office.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Javed, Rashid (20 September 2002). "PML-N in hot water in Abbottabad". dawn.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ex-senator gets five years' RI". Dawn.com. 1 December 2001.
  3. ^ "1990 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2018.