13 Facts About Hanif Abbasi

Muhammad Hanif Abbasi is a Pakistani politician of the Pakistan Muslim League.

Hanif Abbasi has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan and previously served in this position twice from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2008 to 2013.

Hanif Abbasi was born on 4 January 1966 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, to Muhammad Khalil Abbasi, and he has five brothers and one sister.

Hanif Abbasi has 4 children, 2 sons, a setlled businessman in dubai and politician Hammas Abbasi, and two daughters, including Dr Areeba Abbasi, who worked as a medical officer at the Benazir Bhutto Hospital's emergency department before quitting in 2018, alleging political victimization.

In 1977, while still a school student, Abbasi started his political activism.

Hanif Abbasi started his formal political career as a member of Jamaat-e-Islami but later joined Pakistan Muslim League in 2008.

Hanif Abbasi was first elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-56 as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and defeated Sheikh Rashid Ahmad's nephew Sheikh Rashid Shafique in the 2002 by-elections.

In 2008 Pakistani general election, Hanif Abbasi joined the Pakistan Muslim League and was again elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-56 on the ticket of Pakistan Muslim League and defeated former Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad by bagging 73,433 votes.

In November 2012, Hanif Abbasi was granted bail from the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench just before election 2013, antinarcotic force submitted a challan to relook into the case before Hanif Abbasi can contest elections.

However, Hanif Abbasi was allowed to contest election 2013, since his case was pending in the court.

Hanif Abbasi was arrested from the courts room and was shifted to Central Jail Rawalpindi.

On 22 September 2018, a scandal surfaced when Hanif Abbasi's picture was released from jail in a casual dress instead of Jail's apparel with his party leadership in Central Jail Adiala superintendent, after which he was shifted to Attock Jail from Central Jail Rawalpindi.

Hanif Abbasi experienced bad health during his imprisonment, reportedly he had kidney problems He was shifted to Punjab Institute of Cardiology in January 2019 for cardiac procedures and in March 2019 to Shaikh Zayed Hospital for his kidney and cardiac problems.