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Some Lesser Known Facts About Nabil Gabol

• Nabil Gabol was born and raised in Lyari, Karachi, Sindh, into the Akhwani clan of the Gabol tribe of the Baloch people in Sindh.
  

  Childhood picture of Nabil Gabol

• His father, Sardar Khan Ahmed Khan Gabol, is a renowned businessman of Lyari. As the Tumandar of the Gabol tribe, his father carries the title of Sardar.

• Nabil’s grandfather, Khan Bahadur Allah Bakhsh Gabol, was a politician and served as the first Deputy Speaker of the Sindh Assembly in British India. Along with that, he also served in the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1927 and in the Sindh Assembly in 1936. His grandfather held the office of Mayor of Karachi in independent Pakistan twice.

• Another member of the family, his uncle Barrister Abdul Sattar Gabol, was a close associate of former president and prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. He was also the founding member of the Pakistan People’s Party.

• Like his father, Nabil’s two brothers joined his father’s business; however, Nabil pursued a career in politics.

• In 1986, at the age of 24, Gabol joined politics as a member of the Pakistan People’s Party.

• In the 1988 Pakistan general election, he was nominated as a PPP candidate from Constituency PS-85 (Karachi South-I). He ran successfully and was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

• In the 1993 Pakistan general election, he was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

• From October 1993 to November 1996, he served as a Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh and became the youngest Deputy Speaker of Sindh.

• In the 1997 Pakistan general election, he ran unsuccessfully for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Karachi South-IV).

• In the 2002 Pakistan general election, he was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-248 (Karachi-X).

• In February 2008, Nabil was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PPP from Constituency NA-248 (Karachi-X).

• In November 2008, Gabol was appointed as Minister of State for Ports and Shipping in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani’s cabinet.

• In March 2009, he was a part of a special team of the Pakistan People’s Party to resolve the political crisis in Balochistan.

• In February 2011, Nabol resigned from his ministerial post, stating that he had failed to resolve the problems of his constituency during his ministerial tenure. However, according to some political analysts, his resignation was due to internal conflicts between Gabol and PPP member Asif Ali Zardari.

• In 2013, Nabil Gabol quit the Pakistan People’s Party and joined the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a Muhajir nationalist party traditionally opposed to the PPP.

• As Nabol comes from a political party that has been associated with the PPP, his decision to quit the PPP and join the MQM caused a stir in Sindh’s politics.

• In the 2013 Pakistan general election, he was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of MQM from Constituency NA-246 (Karachi-VIII).

• In the same election, he ran unsuccessfully for the seat of the National Assembly as an MQM candidate from Constituency NA-248 (Karachi-X).

• In 2015, Nabil Gabol quit MQM and also resigned from the National Assembly seat.

• In February 2016, Nabil was accused of various offenses, including making illegal appointments in Karachi Port Trust and Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, unauthorized allotment of plots, improper reimbursement of medical expenses, and unauthorized retention of vehicles during his tenure as Minister of State for Ports and Shipping in 2011. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) launched an investigation against him over allegations of causing significant financial losses to the government.

• In 2016, Nabil announced his support for Pakistani cricketer and politician Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

• In 2017, Gabol along with his son, Nadir Gabol, re-joined the Pakistan People’s Party.
  

  A picture of Nabil Gabol from Pakistan’s general assembly

• In the 2024 Pakistan general election, Nabil was re-elected to the National Assembly seat as a PPP candidate from the NA-239 Karachi South-I constituency.

• In August 2018, widespread media coverage sparked against him for physically attacking a passenger at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

• In March 2020, an attempt to murder case was filed against Gabol for assaulting and shooting at the residence of the chairman of the Fishermen’s Cooperative Society.

• In April 2023, PPP issued a show-cause notice to Gabol for his misogynistic remarks, stating, “If rape is imminent, just enjoy it.”

• In March 2026, Nabil Gabol came into the news for claiming that Jammel Jamali, the character in the film Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026) played by Rakesh Bedi, was inspired by him.