Safdar Ali Abbasi ( born 26 December 1957) is a Pakistani politician and physician. He is a former

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and the leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Workers (PPP-W).

Early life

Abbasi was born in

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, Pakistan, on 26 December 1957. His family had long been involved in politics.Safdar Abbasi's Profile
Abbasi's mother, Ashraf Abbasi, was at one time the Deputy Speaker of the

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. Abbasi attended

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, completing

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and Intermediate studies before pursuing a medical degree at

Dow Medical College Dow Medical College is a public medical school located in the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded in 1945 and named after British civil servant Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sindh. In 2003, it became a constituent college of the newl ...

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. He was interested and involved in local politics during his youth.

Political career

In 2018, Abbasi along with some other PPP leaders announced his own faction named as Pakistan Peoples Party Workers and later became its president.

Controversies

Benazir Bhutto's assassination case

Safdar Abbasi and his wife, Naheed Khan, faced many problems after Benazir Bhutto's assassination on 27 December 2007, in Liaquat Bagh. Both were considered close to Benazir Bhutto and sidelined under the new leadership of

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, along with her other close advisers.Nelson, Dean. (31 August 2008
Asif Ali Zardari’s purge ‘betrays’ Benazir Bhutto's legacy
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''. Retrieved 2008-09-11 Since Benazir Bhutto's death, many of the party workers who were close to her lost their positions in the Zardari government, including party worker and leader of the

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in Pakistan

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. Instead, many new figures were introduced to fill these positions.No Response From Zardari On Safdar's Call To Contradict
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Safdar Ali 1957 births Living people Pakistan People's Party politicians Members of the Senate of Pakistan People from Larkana District Sindhi politicians Aitchison College alumni Dow Medical College alumni 20th-century Pakistani medical doctors