Zainab Abbas (Punjabi, Urdu: زینب عباس; born 14 February 1988) is a Pakistani television host, sports presenter, commentator, and former makeup artist.
[11] 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] 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.
[22][23][24][25] In May 2019, Abbas became the first woman sports reporter and commentator to cover the ICC 2019 World Cup from Pakistan.
[1][4][26][27] 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.
It was later reported she left the country due to security concerns, after controversy arose following old resurfaced anti-Hindu and anti-India tweets.