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{{short description|Pakistani barrister and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Sadia Abbasi
| office = Member of the [[Senate of Pakistan]]
|term_start = 12 March 2018
|term_end = 17 October 2018
| term_start1 = March 2003
| term_end1 = February 2009
| party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
| nationality = Pakistani <br /> American (until 2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fp.brecorder.com/2018/03/20180309350207/|title=Surrender foreign nationality permanently: SC directs three new senators to submit affidavits – Business Recorder}}</ref>
|relatives = [[Shahid Khaqan Abbasi]] (brother)<ref>{{cite news|title=A tale of family based politics|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/04/07/a-tale-of-family-based-politics/|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk}}</ref>
}}

'''Sadia Khaqan Abbasi''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|سعدیہ خاقان عباسی}}}}) 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.

==Political career==
Abbasi was elected to the [[Senate of Pakistan]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) on reserved seat for women from Punjab in March 2003 Senate election.<ref>{{cite news|title=EC notifies names of successful senators|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/85113|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 March 2003}}</ref><ref name="thenews/21feb2009" /><ref name="thenews/13feb2009" />

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 [[2009 Pakistani Senate election|March 2009 Senate election]].<ref name="thenews/21feb2009">{{cite news|title=Saadia Abbasi's resignation from Senate 'a unique case'|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/162407-saadia-abbasis-resignation-from-senate-a-unique-case|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref name="thenews/13feb2009">{{cite news|title=Saadia Abbasi quits PML-N in Senate ticket row|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/662624|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2011, she joined [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] in absentia, represented at the induction ceremony by her son Ossama Riaz.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hassan|first1=Ahmad|title=30 members of 'elite club' join PTI|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/681820|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=19 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Group of 30 'electables' to join PTI today|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/618877-group-of-30-%E2%80%98electables%E2%80%99-to-join-pti-today|accessdate=30 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref>

She was nominated by PML-N as its candidate in [[2018 Pakistani Senate election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=List of Senate candidates from Punjab|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1390468|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=20 February 2018}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-N's Senate nominees to contest election as independent candidates, says ECP|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1391004|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 February 2018}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the Senate as an independent candidate on a reserved seat for women from Punjab in the Senate election.<ref>{{cite news|title=LIVE: PML-N-backed independent candidates lead in Punjab, PPP in Sindh - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1649842/1-live-polling-begins-52-senate-seats/|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Khan|first1=Iftikhar A.|title=PML-N gains Senate control amid surprise PPP showing|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1393083/pml-n-gains-senate-control-amid-surprise-ppp-showing|accessdate=4 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=4 March 2018}}</ref> She joined the treasury benches, led by PML-N after getting elected.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Guramani|first1=Nadir|title=15 independent senators backed by PML-N in Senate polls join treasury|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1396875/15-independent-senators-backed-by-pml-n-in-senate-polls-join-treasury|accessdate=22 March 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=22 March 2018}}</ref> She took oath as Senator on 12 March 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=Senate elect opposition-backed Sanjrani chairman and Mandviwala his deputy|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/291451-51-newly-elected-senators-take-oath-pml-n-finalises-raja-zafarul-haq-for-chairman|accessdate=12 March 2018|work=The News|date=12 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

On 17 October 2018 the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] disqualified the Senate membership of Abbasi over dual nationality.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court disqualifies two PML-N senators over dual nationality |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/382026-supreme-court-disqualifies-two-pml-n-senators-over-dual-nationality |accessdate=17 October 2018 |work=The News |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Sadia}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistani barristers]]
[[Category:Members of the Senate of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Senate of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Abbasi family|Sadia]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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