Chaudhry Sajjad Haider Gujjar is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, also known as the Punjab Assembly, is the supreme legislative body of Punjab, a province of Pakistan. It convenes at the Assembly Building in Lahore, the capital of Punjab. It is a unicameral legislature o ...

, from 2002 to 2007 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

He was born on 28 June 1957 in

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of ...

. He has a degree of Bachelor of Science (Hons) which he obtained in 1984 from University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

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 PP-169 (Sheikhupura-Cum-Nanakana Sahib-II) in the

2002 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on 10 October 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly and four Provincial Assemblies. The elections were held under the military government of Pervez Musharraf. The two mainstream parties, Pakistan ...

. He received 26,770 votes and defeated a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League" (officially registered as the Pakistan Muslim League) is a political party in Pakistan. As of the 2024 parliamentary e ...

. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-169 (Sheikhupura-Cum-Nanakana Sahib-II) 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 ...

, but was unsuccessful. He received 20,789 votes and lost the seat to a candidate of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major List of political parties in Pakistan, Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a Cent ...

. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-169 (Sheikhupura-Cum-Nanakana Sahib-II) 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 ...

. In December 2013, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Housing Urban Development & Public Health Engineering.

References

Living people Punjab MPAs 2013–2018 Punjab MPAs 2002–2007 1957 births Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians {{PunjabPK-MuslimN-MPA-stub Muslim Gujjars