Ashraf Abbasi

Ashraf Khatoon Abbasi (; ) was a Pakistani politician and the first female Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She was a close supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its leaders Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto. She was also a member of the West Pakistan Assembly from 1962 until 1965. She joined the PPP and won from her constituency in 1970.

Personal life Abbasi was born on January 2, 1925, in Larkana. Her father Saeed Khan Abbasi was a landlord in the area. She received her secondary education from DJ College Sindh in 1940. She also studied at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in Delhi. She obtained her MBBS degree from the Dow Medical College Karachi. Abbasi opened her clinic in Larkana. She also served at Civil Hospital Larkana. She participated in the promotion of education. She died on 4 August 2014 in the village of Waleed, Larkana. She was the mother of three sons, including Safdar Ali Abbasi, who became a PPP senator, Munawar Ali Abbasi (Ex-MPA Sindh Assembly), and Akhtar Ali Abbasi. She was laid to rest in Waleed Muhalla Graveyard, Larkana.