Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmad

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmad

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

| term_start = 1 June 2013

| term_end = 31 May 2018

| constituency = NA-167 (Vehari-I)

| term_start1 = 2002

| term_end1 = 2010

| constituency1 = NA-167 (Vehari-I)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|1|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burewala, Vehari

| nationality = Pakistani

| otherparty = PMLN (2002-2010)

| party = AP (2025-present)

| native_name = {{nq|چوہدری نذیر احمد}}

}}

Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmad ( Punjabi: چوہدری نذیر احمد; born 1 January 1958) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 2002 and May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 1 January 1958 in Burewala{{cite web|title=Profile of Chaudhry Nazeer Ahmad|url=http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=167|access-date=31 May 2023|archive-date=21 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421155705/http://www.pildat.org/mna/rsDetail.asp?detid=167|website=Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (Pildat)}}

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-167 (Vehari-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-233 (Vehari-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 18,163 votes and was defeated by Nazir Ahmad Mithu Dogar, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).{{cite web|title=2002 election result (page 198 of 406)|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|website=Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP)|access-date=31 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archive-date=26 January 2018}}

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency NA-167 (Vehari-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 65,250 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Syed Sajid Mehdi. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-168 (Vehari-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 282 votes and lost the seat to Azeem Daultana. In the same election, he also ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-233 (Vehari-II) but was unsuccessful. He received 19,912 votes and lost the seat to Sardar Khalid Saleem Bhatti, a candidate of PPP.{{cite web|title=2008 election result (page 203 of 380)|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|website=Election Commission of Pakistan website (ECP)|accessdate=31 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2018}}

In 2010, he was disqualified to hold the National Assembly seat by the Supreme Court of Pakistan after he was found possessing fake degree.{{cite news |title=Jatt disqualified for fake degree |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/8307/lhc-disqualifies-ppp-candidate-from-polls/ |access-date=31 May 2023 |newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=22 April 2010}}{{cite news |title=BUREWALA City News |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/133259-BUREWALA-City-News |access-date=31 May 2023 |newspaper=The News International (newspaper)|language=en|date=6 July 2016|author=Nadeem Mushtaq Ramay}}

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-167 (Vehari-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Eid-i-Milad celebrated with fervour|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Jan-2015/eid-i-milad-celebrated-with-fervour|access-date=31 May 2023|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210410/http://nation.com.pk/national/06-Jan-2015/eid-i-milad-celebrated-with-fervour|archive-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=Crushing defeats deal a severe blow to PPP|url=http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/crushing-defeats-deal-a-severe-blow-to-ppp|access-date=31 May 2023|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306210102/http://nation.com.pk/national/14-May-2013/crushing-defeats-deal-a-severe-blow-to-ppp|archive-date=6 March 2017}}{{cite news|title=PML-N lines up NA candidates in Punjab|url=http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|access-date=31 May 2023|newspaper=The Nation (newspaper)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306034027/http://nation.com.pk/elections-2013/20-Apr-2013/pml-n-lines-up-na-candidates-in-punjab|archive-date=6 March 2017}} He received 99,907 votes and defeated an independent candidate in NA-167 Vehari-I (National Assembly of Pakistan constituency){{cite web|title=2013 election result (page 98 of 511)|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|website=Election Commission of Pakistan website (ECP)|access-date=31 May 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2018}}

In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice.{{cite news|last1=Junaidi|first1=Ikram|title=Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1363211|access-date=31 May 2023|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|date=12 October 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108202444/https://www.dawn.com/news/1363211|archive-date=8 November 2017}}

References

Category:Living people

Category:1958 births

Category:Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNAs

Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs

Category:Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007

Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013

Category:Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018