Chaudhry Muhammad Shafique
{{Short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Chaudhry Muhammad Shafique
| honorific-suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|7|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sadiqabad, Punjab, Pakistan
| office = Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
| term_start = 15 August 2018
| term_end = 14 January 2023
| constituency = PP-263 Rahim Yar Khan-IX
| nationality = Pakistani
| otherparty = PTI (2018-2023)
| term_start1 = 2002
| term_end1 = 31 May 2013
}}
Chaudhry Muhammad Shafique is a Pakistani politician who is a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to till 2023. He remains Member of Provincial Assembly four times.
Early life and education
He was born on 3 July 1952 in Sadiqabad, Punjab{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1133|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=15 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614123032/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1133|archivedate=14 June 2017}} in Famous Chaudhry Arain Family.
He graduated in 1973 from Government Degree College, Faisalabad .
Political career
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-296 (Rahimyar Khan-XII) in the 2002 Pakistani general election.{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/327|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411120958/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/9/327|archivedate=11 April 2016}}
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-296 (Rahimyar Khan-XII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/743|website=www.pap.gov.pk|accessdate=23 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722155500/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/743|archivedate=22 July 2017}}
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-296 (Rahimyar Khan-XII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite web|title=Notification - Results Punjab Assembly 2013 election|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=20 January 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120053951/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/Downloads/General%20Election%202013/Detailed%20Gazzette/Notification%20-%20Punjab%20Assembly.pdf|archivedate=20 January 2018}}{{cite news|title=List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The News|date=13 May 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081102/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/429935|archivedate=16 January 2018}} In June 2013, he was inducted into the provincial cabinet of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Industries, Commerce and Investment.{{cite news|last1=Reporter|first1=The Newspaper's Staff|title=21-member Punjab cabinet takes oath|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|accessdate=21 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=11 June 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122113341/https://www.dawn.com/news/1017511|archivedate=22 January 2018}} In a cabinet reshuffle in November 2016, he was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Special Education.{{cite news|title=Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|accessdate=23 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324181221/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|archivedate=24 March 2017}}
He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-267 (Rahim Yar Khan-XIII) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |accessdate=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}
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Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018
Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) politicians
Category:Punjab MPAs 2002–2007
Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013
Category:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPAs (Punjab)
Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023
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