{{Infobox officeholder , name = Chaudhry Tariq Fazal , honorific-suffix = , image = USAID Mobile Bus Libraries Handover Ceremony - 2017 (37572084055) (cropped).jpg , alt = Tariq Fazal Chaudhry at the USAID's Mobile Bus Libraries Handover Ceremony in 2017 , caption = Chaudhry at

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, office1 = Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development , term_start1 = 27 April 2018 , term_end1 = 31 May 2018 , primeminister1 =

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, predecessor2 = Himself (Minister of State) , term_start3 = November 2015 , term_end3 = 28 July 2017 , predecessor3 = Usman Ibrahim , primeminister3 =

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, nationality = Pakistani , party = PMLN (2002-present) , native_name = {{nq, طارق فضل چوہدری , constituency4 = NA-47 (Islamabad-II) , term_start4 = 17 March 1998 , term_end4 = 31 May 2018 , constituency5 =

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, term_start5 = 29 February 2024 , term_end5 = Tariq Fazal Chaudhry ({{Langx, ur, {{Nastaliq, طارق فضل چوہدری ; born 1 June 1969) is a Pakistani politician who has served as a member of the

since February 2024. He previously served as a member from March 2008 to May 2018. He previously served as Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development, in

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from August 2017 to May 2018. Previously he served as the Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development from November 2015 to July 2017 in the third Sharif ministry and from August 2017 to April 2018 in the

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Early life and education

Chaudhry was born on 7 June 1969 in

, Pakistan.{{cite web, title=Detail Information, url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=49, accessdate=9 July 2017, date=23 March 2011, url-status=bot: unknown, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323130550/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=49, archivedate=23 March 2011 He graduated from Rawalpindi Medical University.{{cite news, last1=Sharif, first1=Arshad, title=Prospective candidates for two capital seats, url=https://www.dawn.com/news/50933, accessdate=31 May 2017, work=DAWN.COM, date=3 August 2002, language=en, url-status=live, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911194037/https://www.dawn.com/news/50933, archivedate=11 September 2017

Political career

Chaudhry ran for the seat of

from Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-II) as a candidate of

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(PML-N) 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 ...

but was unsuccessful. He received 16,832 votes and lost the seat to

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. Chaudhry was elected to the

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as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-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 ...

. He received 45,482 votes and defeated Nayyar Hussain Bukhari. Chaudhry was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-49 (Islamabad-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 ...

.{{cite news, title=PML-N leaders blame party men for defeat in LG elections, url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1231557, work=DAWN.COM, date=8 January 2016, language=en, url-status=live, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304040019/https://www.dawn.com/news/1231557, archivedate=4 March 2017 He received 94,106 votes and defeated a candidate of

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. In November 2015, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of the third Sharif ministry and was appointed as the Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development. He had ceased to hold ministerial office in July 2017 when the federal cabinet was disbanded following the resignation of Prime Minister

after

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decision. He has been the president of Islamabad wing of Pakistan Muslim League (N) in 2016. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.{{cite news, title=A 43-member new cabinet sworn in, url=https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/, accessdate=4 August 2017, work=Associated Press Of Pakistan, date=4 August 2017, url-status=live, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804174456/https://www.app.com.pk/a-43-member-new-cabinet-sworn-in/, archivedate=4 August 2017{{cite news, title=PM Khaqan Abbasi's 43-member cabinet takes oath today, url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/08/04/new-federal-cabinet-ministers-take-oath-today/, accessdate=4 August 2017, publisher=Pakistan Today, date=4 August 2017 He retained the cabinet portfolio of Minister of State for Capital Administration and Development. he was elevated as federal minister and was appointed as Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development in the cabinet of Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Chaudhry ceased to hold the office as Federal Minister for Capital Administration and Development.{{cite web , title=Notification , url=http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf , publisher=Cabinet division , accessdate=1 June 2018 , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601180526/http://www.cabinet.gov.pk/userfiles1/file/fm-mos-noti-01-06-2018.pdf , archivedate=1 June 2018 In May 2024, Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhary won his constituency NA-47 with massive margin from Shoaib Shaheen of PTI

References

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