Khaqan Abbasi was a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for Production in

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Muhammad Khan Junejo Mohammad Khan Junejo (Urdu: ; Sindhi: ; 18 August 193216 March 1993) was a Pakistani politician and an agriculturist who served as the tenth prime minister of Pakistan, having elected in this capacity in 1985 until being dismissed in 1988. Junejo ...

's cabinet until 1988. He was the father of

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim League ...

, former

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pa ...

and Sadia Abbasi. He was a decorated Air Force Veteran and retired as an Air Commodore in 1978. He then moved to Jordan and served as the advisor of the Royal Jordanian Air Force. With the support of then King of Jordan, he undertook construction projects in Saudi Arabia which turned him into a billionaire. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-36 Rawalpindi-I in

1985 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 25 February 1985 to elect members of the National Assembly.Paki ...

by defeating Raja Zafar ul Haq. He was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

due to close relationship with Zia-ul-Haq and was appointed as Minister for production but was later removed from the cabinet after Prime Minister Junejo and Zia-ul-Haq developed differences. He died on April 10, 1988, after his car was hit by a missile in the

Ojhri Camp Ojhri Camp ( ur, اوجھڑی کیمپ) was a military storage center located in Rawalpindi Military District in Rawalpindi, Punjab Province of Pakistan, and the site of the 1988 Ojhri Camp disaster. Events On April 10, 1988 at about 10:30am ...

disaster.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abbasi, Khaqan Khaqan Pakistani MNAs 1985–1988 Punjabi people Pakistan Air Force officers Pakistani expatriates in Jordan 1988 deaths