Chaudhry Muhammad Omar Jaffar is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the

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, from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 13 August 1982 in

Rahim Yar Khan Rahim Yar Khan (; ) is a city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 21st most populous city in Pakistan and is the capital of the Rahim Yar Khan District. The city's administration is div ...

to a landlord family. His father

Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal Gujjar (Punjabi, ) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 1988 to 1993 and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 1993 to 1999. He served as deputy speaker of th ...

is a former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and his mother Begum Ishrat Ashraf is a former member of the

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. His sister Zaib Jaffar is also a politician and a member of the

. He completed the

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in 1999 from

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and received a degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Business Economics and Finance in 2008 from

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Political career

He was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a centre-right, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate and the largest in the National Assembly. The party was founded in 1993, when a num ...

from Constituency PP-293 (Rahimyar Khan-IX) in the

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References

Living people People from Rahim Yar Khan District Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 1982 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab) People educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate Alumni of London Metropolitan University Muslim Gujjars {{PunjabPK-MuslimN-MPA-stub