Chaudhry Khalid Javaid Warraich () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani provinces, Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, which is located in Lahore, the provincial capital. It was established under ...

from 1993 to 1999.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the

as an independent candidate for Constituency PP-76 (Toba Tek Singh) in

1988 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 16 November 1988 to elect the members of the National Assembly and Senate. The elections saw the resurgence of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) under the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's daughter, B ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 16,965 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Khalid Malik, a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

(PPP). He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate for Constituency PP-76 (Toba Tek Singh) in

1993 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 6 October 1993 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections took place after both the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan resigned to resolve a power struggle. Prior ...

. He received 23,266 votes and defeated Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal, a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N). During his tenure as Member of the Punjab Assembly, he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Communication and Works. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate for Constituency PP-76 (Toba Tek Singh) in

1997 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 3 February 1997 to elect the members of National Assembly. The elections were a fierce contest between Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by pre-election Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and the Pakistan Mus ...

. He received 21,602 votes and defeated Muzaffar Ahmad Cheema, a candidate of PML-N. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for Constituency PP-90 (Toba Tek Singh-VII) in 2002 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 14,558 votes and lost the seat to an independent candidate, Liaquat Ali Shoukat. He was elected to the

for Constituency NA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 91,903 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Usama Hamza. He was re-elected to the National Assembly from Constituency NA-111 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in

2018 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Wednesday, 25 July 2018 to elect the members of 15th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led by Imran Khan, the Pakistan Muslim ...

. He received 110,556 votes and defeated Usama Hamza, a candidate of

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...

(PTI). He contested the

2024 Pakistani general election General elections are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on 8 February 2024 to elect the members of the 16th National Assembly. The detailed schedule was announced by Election Commission of Pakistan on 15 December 2023. The two major parties ar ...

as a candidate of PML(N) from

NA-105 Toba Tek Singh-I NA-105 Toba Tek Singh-I () is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan. Members of Parliament 2018-2022: NA-111 Toba Tek Singh-I Election 2002 General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Amjad Ali Warriach of PML-J won by 61,746 ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 108,003 votes and was defeated by Usama Hamza, an independent candidate.

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1962 births Punjab MPAs 1993–1996 Punjab MPAs 1997–1999 Pakistani MNAs 2018–2023 {{PunjabPK-MPA-stub

Political career

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