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

Personal life

Zainab Abbas was born in Lahore[4] to domestic cricketer Nasir Abbas and politician Andleeb Abbas.[1][2] She studied at Aston University in Birmingham and then earned an MBA in Marketing and Strategy from the University of Warwick.[3][4][5] She then spent two years working for Dolce & Gabbana at Harrods.

Her father played in the Faisalabad and Hafizabad cricket teams as a bowler[6][7] and went to the same college as Ramiz Raja. On the other hand, 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,[8] and was appointed as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs.[9] She also covered a few cricket events as a journalist, including the 1999 World Cup.

In November 2019, Abbas married Hamza Kardar in Lahore.[10] 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.[11] She gave birth to her first child in December 2021 and her second child in January 2025. Her younger brother Hussain Abbas Mirza is a fitness trainer, who in February 2023 joined Multan Sultans as their strength and conditioning specialist for the 2023 PSL.[12]

Career

Abbas used to work as a makeup artist with her own studio until 2015,[13] when she successfully auditioned to appear as a guest on a show on Dunya News for the 2015 Cricket World Cup alongside former national team players Saeed Ajmal and Imran Nazir,[2][1] which launched her career as a cricket presenter and commentator.

She then went to England as a correspondent for Dunya News to cover the Pakistan national cricket team on their 2016 tour. There, she appeared as a guest on BBC'sTest Match Special.[14][15] Upon her return, she earned a full-time contract to present her own show Cricket Dewangi on Dunya News, which she did from 2016 to 2018. During this time, she also wrote sports pieces for Pakistani independent news outlets Dawn[16] and Dunya News.[3][17]

Abbas has been one of the presenters of the Pakistan Super League from 2016 onwards, as well as for the Abu Dhabi T10.[1][18] She has also worked with TEN Sports, Star Sports, and Sony for a while.

In late 2017, she hosted a web-series talk show titled Sawal Cricket Ka, which had seven episodes.[19][20] From May 2018 to May 2019, she hosted 14 episodes of the web-series talk show Voice of Cricket on Cricingif. In both these shows, she interviewed various Pakistani cricketers.[21][22][23][24]

In May 2019, Abbas became the first woman sports reporter and commentator to cover the ICC 2019 World Cup from Pakistan.[1][4][25][26]

In July 2021, Abbas made her debut on Sky Sports as part of the broadcasting team for the inaugural season of The Hundred, thus becoming the first Pakistani female presenter to do so.[27][28]

Controversy

En 2023, Abbas viajó a la India para cubrir la Copa Mundial de Críquet Masculina . Había expresado su entusiasmo por poder viajar y explorar el país. Posteriormente se informó que abandonó el país debido a preocupaciones de seguridad, luego de que surgiera una controversia a raíz de antiguos tuits anti-hindúes y anti-India que resurgieron. El Consejo Internacional de Críquet declaró que se fue por razones personales. Más tarde, Abbas se disculpó por los antiguos tuits y declaró que "no representan mis valores". [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ]

Reconocimiento

En 2019, Abbas recibió el premio a la Presentadora de Televisión Deportiva del Año en la primera edición de los Premios Deportivos de Pakistán. [ 33 ] En julio de 2020, fue incluida en la lista de las 100 personas más influyentes de Asia / Reino Unido / UE por la Agencia de Prensa de Nueva York. [ 34 ] En octubre de 2020, fue invitada al evento TedxLahoreWomen para dar una charla. [ 35 ] [ 36 ]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "De maquilladora a presentadora de la ICC: Zainab Abbas narra su trayectoria en el cricket" . www.thenews.com.pk .
  2. 1 2 3 "Abbtakk.tv: Últimas noticias de última hora de Pakistán, el mundo, videos en vivo" . Noticias de Abb Takk . Archivado del original el 12 de octubre de 2019. Recuperado el 12 de octubre de 2019 .
  3. 1 2 3 "Una velada inspiradora con Hissan-Ur-Rehman y Zainab Abbas" . LUMS . 9 de mayo de 2017. Archivado del original el 12 de octubre de 2019. Recuperado el 12 de octubre de 2019 .
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Zainab Abbas" . CricTracker . Archivado del original el 12 de octubre de 2019. Recuperado el 12 de octubre de 2019 .
  5. ↑ www.webspider.pk, Web Spider (pvt) Ltd. "Entrevista con Zainab Abbas — Periodista deportiva galardonada" . www.hilal.gov.pk . Archivado del original el 18 de enero de 2022. Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  6. ↑ "Pakistan Cricket - 'nuestro sitio web de cricket'" . www.pcboard.com.pk . Archivado del original el 12 de octubre de 2019. Consultado el 12 de octubre de 2019 .
  7. ↑ "Nasir Abbas | Selección de críquet de Pakistán | Perfiles oficiales de críquet | PCB" . www.pcb.com.pk. 17 de mayo de 2023.
  8. ↑ Reportero, Redacción del periódico (12 de agosto de 2018). "Lista de miembros de la Asamblea Nacional elegidos en escaños reservados para mujeres y minorías" . DAWN.COM .
  9. ↑ " 15 miembros de la Asamblea Nacional nombrados secretarios parlamentarios | Pakistan Today" . www.pakistantoday.com.pk
  10. ↑ "La comentarista de críquet Zainab Abbas se ha casado" . images.dawn.com . 25 de noviembre de 2019.
  11. ↑ Redacción web (26 de noviembre de 2019), "Comentarista de críquet pakistaní contrae matrimonio con Hamza Kardar" , DailyTimes . Consultado el 30 de noviembre de 2019.
  12. ↑ "El hermano menor de Zainab se une a la PSL 8" . Geo Super . 7 de febrero de 2023.
  13. ↑ "De maquilladora a presentadora de la ICC: Zainab Abbas narra su trayectoria en el cricket" . www.thenews.com.pk . Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  14. ↑ "BBC Radio 5 en directo - Especial de partido de prueba, TMS: El panel de periodistas" . BBC . Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  15. ↑ Nuestro panel de periodistas Derek... - BBC Test Match Special , consultado el 18 de enero de 2022
  16. ↑ "Noticias sobre Zainab Abbas - DAWN.COM" . www.dawn.com .
  17. ^ "Zainab Abbas, autor del blog Dunya" . Blog de Dunya .
  18. ↑ "Zainab Abbas: 'The Hundred combinará juventud y energía. Estoy feliz de formar parte de ello'"" . the Guardian . 25 de abril de 2021 . Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  19. ↑ "'Brighto Sawal Cricket Ka!', la primera serie web de Pakistán, se estrena hoy . The Nation . 19 de octubre de 2017.
  20. ↑ "Vídeos de críquet - Sitio web oficial de la Junta de Críquet de Pakistán (PCB)" . www.pcb.com.pk .
  21. ↑ "www.cricingif.com" . Cricingif . 14 de agosto de 2018. Archivado del original el 18 de enero de 2022. Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  22. ↑"www.cricingif.com". Cricingif. 13 February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  23. ↑"Sana Mir reveals the name of her favourite cricketers". CricketTimes.com. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  24. ↑"Playing against India will be a dream come true moment for Imam-ul-Haq". CricTracker. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  25. ↑"Top of the game: Pakistani women inspire others to take up sports". Arab News PK. 5 September 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  26. ↑"For the love of cricket - Zainab Abbas of Pakistan". gulfnews.com. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  27. ↑"Zainab Abbas says she is 'honoured' to debut with Sky Sports". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  28. ↑Borkakoty, Rituraj. "WKND Special: Inspiring journey of Pakistani sports presenter". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  29. ↑"Pakistan Presenter Zainab Abbas Breaks Silence After Leaving India Over Social Media Storm". 13 October 2023.
  30. ↑Livemint (9 October 2023). "'Who gave her visa..,': Social media after Zainab Abbas leaves India". mint. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  31. ↑"Zainab Abbas leaves India as her alleged old posts mocking religious sentiments resurface". MensXP. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  32. ↑"Zainab Abbas: Pakistan reporter who left India sorry for old posts". 13 October 2023.
  33. ↑"First-ever Pakistan Sports Awards acknowledge achievements of athletes". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  34. ↑"RFAK, Zainab Abbas and more among Asia's 100 Most Influential". The Express Tribune. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  35. ↑ "Zainab Abbas – TEDxLahore" . tedxlahore.com . Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .
  36. ↑ "Muchos opinaban que una mujer no puede hablar de deportes: Zainab Abbas" . The Express Tribune . 9 de diciembre de 2020. Consultado el 18 de enero de 2022 .