“It is a historic measure for tribesmen and it can also help repeal the decades-old Frontier Crimes Regulation.”
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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. He also currently leads Awaam Pakistan (AP) as its chairman. Abbasi was the senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), and had been the secretary-general of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an anti-PTI coalition of political parties in…
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business · Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2017 to 2018 · politician · engineer · businessperson · also Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Abbasi
Born 27 December 1958 · Q7461686
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 2 entries
The Free Press Journal: Pakistan Losing Control In Balochistan, Especially After Nightfall: Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (VIDEO)
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Daily Times: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi critiques government’s handling of farmers and petroleum savings
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2024· 2 entries
The Express Tribune: 'Vested interests' at play behind amendment: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
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The Express Tribune: Judiciary should not be subordinate to government: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
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2020· 1 entry
On 8 June 2020, Abbasi tested positive for COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan.
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2018· 1 entry
When he was the prime minister of the country
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2017· 2 entries
Yahoo: Pakistan Names Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Interim Prime Minister
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Pakistan (2017–2018).
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2013· 2 entries
Career landmark: Member of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan (2013).
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Career landmark: Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources (2013–2017).
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2007· 1 entry
Abbasi joined him and ran for a seat in the National Assembly in the 18 February 2008 general election as a candidate of the PML-N, and was successfully re-elected for the fifth time with 99,987 votes from Constituency N
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2005· 1 entry
His brother, Zahid Abbasi, was also injured in that incident, after which he went into coma and died in 2005, having remained bedridden for 17 years.
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2003· 1 entry
But in 2016 he denied being a stakeholder, saying he has not visited the airline's office for years
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1996· 1 entry
Following the dismissal of the Benazir Bhutto government by President Farooq Leghari
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1988· 2 entries
At Ojhri Camp in a military accident that resulted in more than 100 casualties
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And since then he has been elected a Member of the National Assembly six times for Constituency NA-50 (Rawalpindi)
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1985· 1 entry
Attended George Washington University, where he gained a master's degree in electrical engineering
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1978· 1 entry
Attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
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1977· 1 entry
His father-in-law, General Muhammad Riaz Abbasi, was the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from 1977 to 1979.
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1958· 1 entry
Born 1958-12-27.
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