Abbas Khan Afridi is a Pakistani Politician and a Member of upper house of Pakistan Parliament currently serving as Federal Minister of Textile Industry in Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's cabinet. Political career He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in March 2009 as an Independent candidate. He was a member of Senate Standing Committees on Rules of Procedures and Privileges, Science and Technology, Water and Power, Finance Committee, Parliamentary Affairs, Defense Production. He was sworn in as Federal Minister of Textile Industry on 19 March 2014.
