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Iftikhar Cheema
Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema () is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2008 to May 2018. He is a retired judge of the Lahore High Court. Early life The son of middle-class farmer, Cheema completed his LLB from Punjab University and started practicing in Wazirabad Bar Council. Political career He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 71,792 votes and defeated Hamid Nasir Chattha. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 99,924 votes and defeated Muhammad Ahmed Chattha, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) The Pakistan Muslim League (J) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly Of Pakistan
The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assembly has a maximum membership of 336, of which 266 are directly elected by an adult universal suffrage and a First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system to represent their respective List of constituencies of Pakistan, constituencies, while 60 are elected on reserved seats for women and religious minorities from all over the country. Members hold their seats for five years or until the house is dissolved by the President of Pakistan, President on the advice of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Prime Minister. The house convenes at the Parliament House, Islamabad, Parliament House, Red Zone (Islamabad), Red Zone, Islamabad. Members are elected through the first-past-the-post system under universal adult suffrage, representing electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Pakistani General Election
General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the List of members of the 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, 14th National Assembly of Pakistan, National Assembly and the four Subdivisions of Pakistan, Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led by President of Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan. Prior to the elections, the ruling PPP formed an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League (Q) and Awami National Party, while the main opposition party, the PML-N allied with the Pakistan Muslim League (F) and Baloch parties. The PTI led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, also emerged as a key-player. The result was a hung parliament, with the PML-N receiving the most votes and winning the most seats, but falling six seats short of a majority. However, following the elections, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Ethnically, Indo-Aryan peoples comprise the majority of the population in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Muslim League (N) Politicians
The Pakistan Muslim League (; known as PML), is the name of several different Pakistani political parties that have dominated the centre-right platform in the country. The ''Muslim League'' (the original successor of the All-India Muslim League) was the party of Pakistan's founders. However, it faced multiple fractures soon after Pakistan gained independence in 1947. It vanished in the 1970s. Its revival began in the mid-1980s and today several parties in Pakistan are named Muslim League. History First phase (1962–1969) The first "Pakistan" Muslim League was founded by President Ayub Khan in 1962 as a successor to the original Muslim League. Just a short period after its foundation, the party broke into two factions: Convention Muslim League that supported the President and the new Constitution, and the Council Muslim League, that opposed the new Constitution, denouncing it as undemocratic that made the Presidency an autocratic position. Following President Ayub's resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Pakistan Muslim League (J)
The Pakistan Muslim League (J) is a political party in Pakistan established in 1988. It is one of the factions of the original Pakistan Muslim League, named "J" after Muhammad Khan Junejo. It was created in 1986 as the sole Pakistan Muslim League when Muhammad Khan Junejo was the Prime Minister of Pakistan under President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. In September 1988, the party formed an alliance called Islami Jamhoori Ittehad with Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi's National Peoples Party (Pakistan), National Peoples Party, and Qazi Hussain Ahmed's Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami against Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party for the 1988 general elections. During that time Nawaz Sharif became the most prominent politician outside PPP, and eventually became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1990. After Junejo dismissed by Gen Zia ul Haq, Nawaz Sharif parted with the PML, and created his own faction called the Pakistan Muslim League (N), PML (N), which became a major political party far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Ahmed Chattha
Muhammad Ahmed Chattha () is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since February 2024. Political career Chattha contested the 2013 Pakistani general election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J) (PML(J)), but was unsuccessful. He received 59,878 votes and was defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)), who polled 99,924 votes. He contested a 2016 by-election from NA-101 Gujranwala-VII as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but was unsuccessful. He received 81,218 votes and was again defeated by Iftikhar Cheema, a candidate of PML(N). He contested the 2018 Pakistani general election from NA-79 Gujranwala-I as a candidate of PTI, but was unsuccessful. He received 118,709 votes and was defeated, this time by Nisar Ahmed Cheema, a candidate of PML(N). He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in the 2024 Pakistani general election from NA-66 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Nasir Chattha
Chaudhry Hamid Nasir Chattha () is a politician from Wazirabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He was born on 15 November 1944, in Lahore. Hamid Nasir Chattha was elected as a Member of Punjab Assembly, after losing in 2008 National Assembly elections to Justice (Retd.) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema. He was previously elected as an MNA in 1985, 1990, 1993, and 2002 from his constituency of Gujranwala. Early life and family Hamid Nasir Chatha is the son of Ch. Salah-ud-Din Chatha. He has two sons, Fayyaz Chatha and Ahmad Chatha. Education and career Hamid Nasir Chattha attended Aitchison College in Lahore. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Government College Lahore in 1966 followed by Bar-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn, London. He was not able to complete his Bar at Law exam because of his father's death. Later career Between 1981 and 1985 Hamid Nasir Chattha served as Provincial Minister of Punjab holding the portfolio of Health and Education. Hamid Nasir won o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constituency NA-101
NA-66 Wazirabad () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. It is made up of the Wazirabad District. Members of Parliament 1970–1977: NW-72 Gujranwala-III 1977–1988: NA-98 Gujranwala-I 1988–2002: NA-74 Gujranwala-I 2002–2018: NA-101 Gujranwala-VII 2018–2023: NA-79 Gujranwala-I 2024–present: NA-66 Wazirabad Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Hamid Nasir Chattha of PML-J won by 69,171 votes. Election 2008 General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema of PML-N won by 71,792 votes. Election 2013 General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Justice (R) Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML-N won by 99,924 votes and became the member of National Assembly. By-election 2016 A by-election was held on 22 March 2016 in which Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema of PML (N) won the seat. He secured 82,420 votes defeating his rival Muhammad Ahmed Chattha of Pakist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Pakistani General Election
General elections were held in Pakistan on 18 February 2008 to elect members of the 13th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. On 3 November 2007 President Pervez Musharraf enacted a state of emergency; elections were initially postponed indefinitely. However, it was later stated they would be held as planned. On 8 November 2007 Musharraf announced that the elections would be held by 15 February 2008, before suggesting a date of 8 January. Following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in December 2007, the Election Commission conducted a meeting and announced that 8 January was no longer a feasible date and the elections would be held on 18 February. The elections saw the resurgence of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), as they emerged as the two largest parties in the National Assembly. Following Bhutto's death, the PPP had come under the leadership of her nineteen-year-old son Bilawal. However, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore High Court
The Lahore High Court () is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab. The High Court's principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in three other cities of the province: Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur. A proposal was sent by lawyers to set up new high court benches in Faisalabad, Sialkot, D.G.Khan and Gujranwala divisions but full court of Lahore High Court turned down this request. History Creation In 1849, the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and assumed control of administration within the Punjab. A Board of Administration was constituted and the Punjab was divided into Divisions, Districts and Tehsils. The Divisions were controlled by Commissioners, Districts by Deputy Commissioners and Tehsils by an Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners. The Board of Administration consisted of Sir Henry Lawrence, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
