Chaudhry Nadeem Abbas Rebaira (; born 16 December 1970) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

since February 2024 and previously served in this position from August 2018 till August 2023 and from June 2013 to May 2018. He was also a member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

from 2008 to 2013.

Early life and education

Abbas was born on 16 December 1970 in Okara. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005 from the University of the Punjab.

Political career

Abbas served as Tehsil Nazim of Okara. He ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate from Constituency PP-153 (Okara-I) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 15,488 votes and lost the seat to Syed Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Shah, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N). He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

(PML-Q) from Constituency PP-189 (Okara-V) in

2008 Pakistani general election 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

. He received 33,298 votes and defeated Rao Khalid Khan, a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). He was elected to the

as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-143 (Okara-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 90,652 votes and defeated Rai Muhammad Aslam Kharal, a candidate of PML-Q. In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for information technology and telecommunication. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-141 (Okara-I) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from

NA-135 Okara-I NA-136 Okara-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018–2023: NA-141 Okara-I 2024–present: NA-135 Okara-I Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Rai Muhammad Aslam Kha ...

in the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties ar ...

. He received 129,281 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Akram Bhatti, an independent candidate supported by

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 ...

(PTI).

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1970 births People from Okara, Pakistan Punjab MPAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 Pakistani MNAs 2024–2029 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub