Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema () is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the

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 Assem ...

, from June 2008 to May 2018. He is a retired judge of the

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 ...

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

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (N) or (PML(N)) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right, Conservatism in Pakistan, conservative political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third-largest party in the Senate of Pakistan, Senate and the larges ...

(PML-N) from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in the

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 initia ...

. He received 71,792 votes and defeated

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 ...

. 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 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, Pr ...

. 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 Muslim League, named "J" after Muhammad Khan Junejo. It was created in 1986 as the sole Pakistan Muslim Leag ...

References

Living people Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians Pakistani judges Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 1939 births {{MuslimN-MNA-stub