Muhammad Javed Abbasi ( ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the

Senate of Pakistan Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān ( ur, , , literally "Pakistan upper house"), is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakista ...

from 2015 to 2021, representing Pakistan Muslim League (N).Previously, he was a member of the

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of ...

from 2008 to 2013

Early life and education

Abbasi was born on 6 April 1967.He received his early education from Islamabad and later did LLM from England where he studied In the

University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield (informally Sheffield University or TUOS) is a public university, public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its history traces back to the foundation of Sheffield Medical School in 1828, Firth C ...

.Then he came to back Pakistan in 1999 and practised law for 3 years until he joined politics in 2002 and became the District Nazim Abbottabad the same year.

Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2015 Pakistani Senate election. Previously, he ran for the seat of the

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from

Constituency PK-48 (Abbottabad-V) Constituency PK-48 (Abbottabad-V) is a constituency for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in So ...

as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) and was successful. He received 22,416 votes and defeated a candidate of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH) on 26 October 1945. History The original Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed in Bri ...

Then in 2013 Pakistan Muslim League (N) again awarded him the ticket for the 2013 Pakistan general election from

and he again went for the seat of

but was unsuccessful this time and lost the seat to a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

by a little margin. Then in 2015 he was awarded the ticket of the

by Pakistan Muslim League (N) from

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

and he was successful. In the

he became the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice,and also passed important bills. “The Compulsory teaching of Arabic Language Bill 2020” had been introduced by Abbasi as a private members bill in which Arabic Language will be taught from class I to V and grammar from VI to XII,the house passed the bill after everyone spoke in favour of the it except Raza Rabbani. “The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020” was also introduced by Abbasi in which whoever commits rape,molestation of any kind to any human corpse shall be punished with imprisonment of life not less than 14 years and a fine which may extend to one million but not less than one hundred thousand rupees. Abbasi also holds the record of presenting the most private members bills (86) in one tenure in the History of

and National Assembly of Pakistan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Muhammad Javed Living people Pakistani senators (14th Parliament) 1967 births Alumni of the University of Sheffield