Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (Urdu/Punjabi: ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani

politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of Pakistanof Pakistan since 1 August 2017.
Prior to entering politics, he was an electrical engineer and businessman. A member of the
ruling Pakistan Muslim League (N)(PML-N), Abbasi previously served as the Minister of Petroleum
and Natural Resources in the third Sharif ministry from 2013 to 2017, and briefly held the cabinet
portfolio of Minister for Commerce in the Gillani ministry in 2008.
Abbasi started his political career after the death of his father in 1988, and since then he has been
an elected Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan six times from Rawalpindi District. He is the
owner of Airblue; and previously served as Chairman of Pakistan International Airlines from 1997 to
1999 during the second Sharif ministry.