Sadia Abbasi
Sadia Khaqan Abbasi is a Pakistani barrister and politician who was a Member of the Senate of Pakistan, from March to October 2018. Previously she was a Member of the Senate from March 2003 to February 2009.Abbasi was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League on reserved seat for women from Punjab in March 2003 Senate election.
In February 2009, she quit PML-N and resigned from her Senate seat shortly before the expiry of her term in the Senate after PML-N refused to issue her ticket for running in the March 2009 Senate election.
In December 2011, she joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in 2018 Pakistani Senate election. However the Election Commission of Pakistan declared all PML-N candidates for the Senate election as independent after a ruling of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
She was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the Senate election. She joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected. She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.
On 17 October 2018 the Supreme Court of Pakistan disqualified the Senate membership of Abbasi over dual nationality.
