Tahir Iqbal Chaudhry | |
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طاہر اقبال چوہدری | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 20 January 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-169 (Vehari-III) |
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan | 10 April 1969
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-present) |
Tahir Iqbal Chaudhry (Urdu: طاہر اقبال چوہدری; born 10 April 1969) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023 and June 2013 till May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2002 to 2013.
He born and grew up in Vehari on 10 April 1969 [1]
After schooling he graduated in 1996 from the University of Karachi.[1]
He served as union council nazim of Vehari.[2]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-236 (Vehari-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 37,363 votes and defeated Nafisa Rashid, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[3]
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-236 (Vehari-V) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 30,686 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Nafisa Rasheed.[4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-169 (Vehari-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6][7] He received 89,673 votes and defeated a candidate of PML-N, Tehmina Daultana.[8] After getting elected to the National Assembly, he joined PML-N in May 2013.[9]
In November 2017, he announced to quit PML-N following 2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest however refused to step down from National Assembly seat.[10][11] In April 2018, he quit PML-N.[12] In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[13]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-164 (Vehari-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election.[14] He received 82,084 and defeated Tehmina Daultana.[15]