Zaheer Iqbal Channar
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Zaheer Iqbal Channar
| image =
| image_upright =
| alt = Zaheer Iqbal Channar|
| office = Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab
| term_start = 24 February 2024
| predecessor = Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi
| 1namedata = Malik Ahmad Khan
| 1blankname = Speaker
| office1 = Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
| term_start1 = 23 February 2024
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = PP-253 Bahawalpur-IX
| term_start2 = 15 August 2018
| term_end2 = 14 January 2023
| constituency2 = PP-245 (Bahawalpur-I)
| birth_place = Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
| nationality = Pakistani
| party = PMLN (2018-present)
| father = Malik Muhammad Iqbal Channar
}}
Zaheer Iqbal Channar ({{Langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ظہیراقبال چنڑر}}}}) is a Pakistani politician, who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 till January 2023.
He is the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, he took oath of office on 24 February 2024.{{Cite web |title=Punjab Assembly elects PML-N's Malik Ahmed Khan as speaker, Malik Zaheer deputy speaker |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/532435-punjab-assembly-holds-session-to-elect-speaker-deputy-speaker |access-date=2024-02-24 |website=www.geo.tv |language=en}}
Political career
Zaheer was elected as the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab for the first time on PML-N ticket from Constituency PP-245 (Bahawalpur-I){{cite news|title=Constituency PP-245 (Bahawalpur-I) Results |url=http://dunyanews.tv/election2018/constituency_canidates_results.php|work=dunyanews.tv|date=25 July 2018}}{{cite news|title=GENERAL ELECTION 25 JUL 2018 |url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/AllResults.aspx|work=Election Commission of Pakistan.|date=26 July 2018}}{{cite news|title=tough contest to grab Bahawalpur |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/07/16/election-2018-pml-n-pti-pml-q-in-a-tough-contest-in-bahawalpur/|work=pakistantoday.com.pk|date=16 July 2018}} in the 2018 Pakistani general election.
He received 47,177 votes{{cite web | url=http://www.merawatan.pk/elections/pp-245 | title=PP-245 Bahawalpur-I Results | publisher=merawatan.pk |date=26 July 2018 }} defeating Asghar Joya, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.
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Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)
Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Punjab MPAs 2024–2029
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