Tufail Abbas

Tufail Abbas ( – 8 September 2019) was a Pakistani trade unionist and communist politician. He was a veteran labour leader in the airline industry, heading the Airways Employees Union. In later years he served as chairman of the Pakistan Mazdoor Mahaz ('Pakistan Workers Front') and chief editor of the Urdu monthly Awami Manshoor.

Airline industry union leader Abbas was a union leader at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) during four decades. At the time Abbas was working in the airline industry. Abbas emerged as the general secretary of the underground, pro-Beijing Communist Party. His group won the support of the majority in the National Students Federation. Abbas was invited to the October 1 celebrations in China in 1966. The Airways Employees Union was the strongest union inside the Quami Mazdoor Mahaz. Abbas' support base amongst students and workers played an important role in building the PPP in Karachi at its earliest phase. One of the key leaders of Abbas' faction that became a PPP leader was Meraj Muhammad Khan.

Details of Tufail Abbas's alliance with Bhutto and his political career is given in the Urdu book named "Under Ground" by Ashraf Shad.

Sino-Albanian split Abbas sided with Albania in the Sino-Albanian split.

Later years Abbas' autobiography Subah ki lagan ('Yearning for Dawn') was published in 2010.

Abbas died in Karachi on September 8, 2019.