Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal
{{Short description|British Pakistani former politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix =
| name = Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal
| office = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start =2008
| term_end = 2013
| constituency = NA-162 (Sahiwal-III)
| party = Pakistan Peoples Party
| nationality = Pakistani
British{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/750875|title=Verdict on dual nationality issue: Court sends 11 legislators home|first=Nasir|last=Iqbal|date=21 September 2012|website=DAWN.COM}}
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Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal is a British Pakistani former politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.
Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-224 (Sahiwal-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,505 votes and lost the seat to Waheed Asghar Dogar.{{cite web|title=2002 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=16 February 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126141507/https://www.ecp.gov.pk/ge/ge2002vol2.pdf|archivedate=26 January 2018}}
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.{{cite news|title=Former MNA arrested over false declaration of dual nationality|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/794263|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=DAWN.COM|date=25 April 2013|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170408171136/https://www.dawn.com/news/794263|archivedate=8 April 2017}}{{cite news|title=PML-N man disqualified over dual nationality|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/428890-pml-n-man-disqualified-over-dual-nationality|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808195319/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/428890-pml-n-man-disqualified-over-dual-nationality|archivedate=8 August 2017}}{{cite news|title=By-elections: PML-N shows strength in Punjab, bags 7 of 8 seats – The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/475408/by-elections-pml-n-shows-strength-in-punjab-bags-7-of-8-seats/|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=The Express Tribune|date=5 December 2012|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809021004/https://tribune.com.pk/story/475408/by-elections-pml-n-shows-strength-in-punjab-bags-7-of-8-seats/|archivedate=9 August 2017}} He received 70,634 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Rai Aziz Ullah Khan.{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|accessdate=25 May 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2018}}
In 2012, his National Assembly membership was suspended due his citizenship of the United Kingdom.{{cite news |title=LHC disqualifies PML-N's Zahid Iqbal for holding dual-nationality |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/812484 |accessdate=25 July 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=7 May 2013}}
In 2013, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) before 2013 Pakistani general election. Later, he was disqualified by the Lahore High Court for holding dual citizenship.
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Category:Pakistani MNAs 2008–2013
Category:Pakistan People's Party MNAs
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom
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