Zainab Abbas

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Zainab Abbas
Born (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 29)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
EducationUniversity of Warwick, Warwickshire, England
OccupationTelevision host, sports presenter
Spouse(s)
Hamza Kardar
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(m. 2019)​
Parent(s)Nasir Abbas (father)
Andleeb Abbas (mother)

Zainab Abbas (Urdu: زینب عباس; born 14 February 1988) is a Pakistani television host, sports presenter, and former makeup artist.[1][2][3][4]

Personal life and education[]

Abbas was born in Lahore, Pakistan,[4] to domestic cricketer Nasir Abbas and politician Andleeb Abbas.[1][2] Her father played in the Faisalabad and Hafizabad cricket teams, as a bowler[5][6] while her mother is a senior member of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party, elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a reserved seat for women from Punjab[7] and was appointed as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs.[8]

Abbas earned an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the University of Warwick, England.[3][4]

In November 2019, Abbas married Hamza Kardar in Lahore.[9] Hamza is the son of former finance minister and former governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Shahid Hafeez Kardar, himself the son of Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistan cricket team's first captain.[10]

Career[]

Abbas used to work as a makeup artist with her own studio until 2015, when she auditioned for a World Cup cricket programme,[2][1] which launched her career in presenting and commentating on cricket.

She has written sports pieces for the Pakistani independent news outlets Dawn,[11] and Dunya News.[3][12]

Abbas has hosted the sports program "Cricket Dewangi" on Dunya News,[3] in addition to the web-series talk show "Sawal Cricket Ka".[13][14]

In 2019, Abbas became the first Pakistani female presenter in the International Cricket Council's Cricket World Cup.[1][4]

Abbas presented the Pakistani national cricket league, known as the Pakistan Super League (PSL), in the years 2017-2019. She was joined in 2019 by Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith, Shaun Tait, Kepler Wessels, Amir Sohail, Fakhar-e-Alam, and Erin Holland.[4][3][1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "From a makeup artist to ICC presenter: Zainab Abbas narrates her cricket journey". www.thenews.com.pk.
  2. ^ a b c "Abbtakk.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". Abb Takk News.
  3. ^ a b c d e "An Inspirational Evening with Hissan-Ur-Rehman and Zainab Abbas". LUMS. 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Zainab Abbas". CricTracker.
  5. ^ "Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website". www.pcboard.com.pk.
  6. ^ "Nasir Abbas | Pakistan Cricket Team | Official Cricket Profiles | PCB". www.pcb.com.pk.
  7. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (12 August 2018). "List of MNAs elected on reserved seats for women, minorities". DAWN.COM.
  8. ^ "15 MNAs appointed as parliamentary secretaries | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk.
  9. ^ "Cricket commentator Zainab Abbas has tied the knot". images.dawn.com. 25 November 2019.
  10. ^ Web Desk (26 November 2019), "Pakistani cricket commentator ties knot with Hamza Kardar", DailyTimes. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. ^ "News stories for Zainab Abbas - DAWN.COM". www.dawn.com.
  12. ^ "Zainab Abbas, Author at Dunya Blog". Dunya Blog.
  13. ^ "'Brighto Sawal Cricket Ka!' - Pakistan's first-ever web series releases today". The Nation. 19 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Cricket Videos - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Official Website". www.pcb.com.pk.
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