Sardar Nabil Ahmed Gabol (Urdu: سردار نبیل احمد گبول) is a Pakistani politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since 2024.
[1] He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Karachi South-IV) in Pakistani general election, 1993.
[2] He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Karachi South-IV) in Pakistani general election, 1997 but was unsuccessful.
[6] During this period, then Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, appointed his son Nadir to the Consulate General of Pakistan in New York without considering seniority or merit.
In 2013, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) deemed the appointments illegal and unlawful and ordered the Interior Secretary to address the irregular posting of Nadir at the Consulate General of Pakistan in New York.
[7][8] However, as of 2015, despite the court's orders, the government had not recalled Nadir, who was serving as the officer in charge of the machine readable passport section at the Consulate General.
[10] In February 2016, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) launched an investigation against Gabol over allegations of causing significant financial losses to the exchequer during his tenure as Minister of State for Ports and Shipping.
[15] During a 2015 interview on Geo News, he disclosed of electoral rigging in his constituency,NA-246 (Karachi-VIII), from which he emerged victorious in the 2013 general elections.
[17] In 2016, Gabol declared his support for Imran Khan and announced to join the protest organized by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
[23][24] In August 2015, Dr. Jamil Ahmed, Deputy inspector general of police of Karachi's South district accused Gabol of attempting to instigate a law and order crisis in Lyari Town with the assistance of gangsters.
[30] In March 2020, police filed an attempted murder case against Gabol for purportedly assaulting and shooting at the residence of the chairman of the Fishermen’s Cooperative Society.