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Dr Safdar Ali Abbasi | |
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| Senator | |
| In office 2006–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1957 Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Political party | Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Physician |
Safdar Ali Abbasi (Urdu: صفدر علی عباسی born 26 December 1957) is a Pakistani senator and the central leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
Early life
Abbasi was born in the Larkana District of Sindh, Pakistan, on 26 December 1957, under a Muslim residence. His family has long been involved in local and national politics.[1] Abbasi's mother, Dr. Ashraf Abbasi, was at one time the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. Abbasi attended Aitchison College, Lahore, completing Cambridge and Intermediate studies before going on to pursue a medical degree at Dow Medical College, Karachi. He was interested and involved in local politics during his youth.[1]
Political career
Safdar Abbasi contested the elections for Dow Medical College Students Union in 1981 through the National Students Federation.
Abbasi became a worker of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), as he approved the Dogma of the late President and Premier of Pakistan Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He was exiled during the martial law period. In 1986, he became a political assistant to Benazir Bhutto. When Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister in 1988 he was appointed her Political Secretary, a position he retained through 1993.
In March 1994, Abbasi was elected for a six-year term to the Senate of Pakistan, where he served on the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, Local Government and Rural Development and on the Senate Standing Committee for Health, Social Welfare and Special Education.[1] In 2006, he was re-elected for an additional six-year term.
After Benazir Bhutto's assassination
Safdar Abbasi and his wife, Naheed Khan, faced many problems after Benazir Bhutto's assassination on December 27, 2007, in Liaquat Bagh. Both were considered very close to Benazir Bhutto and sidelined under the new leadership of Asif Ali Zardari, along with other close advisers of Benazir Bhutto.[2]
It is a general impression since Benazir Bhutto's death, many of the party workers who were close to Buttho did not hold the same position in the government of Asif Ali Zardari, including well-known party worker and leader of the lawyers movement in Pakistan Aitezaz Ahsan. Instead, many new figures were introduced to fill these positions. Zardari himself has never admitted this fact.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b c Safdar Abbasi's Profile
- ^ Nelson, Dean. (31 August 2008) Asif Ali Zardari’s purge ‘betrays’ Benazir Bhutto's legacy The Times. Retrieved 2008-09-11
- ^ Blame of Benazir Tragedy
- ^ No Response From Zardari On Safdar's Call To Contradict