Andleeb Abbas


Andleeb Abbas is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. She is the mother of renowned sports journalist Zainab Abbas.

Political career

She ran for the seat of the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2018 Pakistani Senate election but was unsuccessful. She received 46 votes and lost the seat to Nuzhat Sadiq.
She was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in 2018 Pakistani general election.
On 27 September 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan appointed her as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for foreign affairs.