Iftikhar Cheema

Iftikhar Ahmad Cheema (Urdu: افتخار احمد چیمہ) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2008 to May 2018. He is a retired judge of the Lahore High Court.^[2]

Iftikhar Cheema
افتخارچیمہ
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 7 April 2016 – 31 May 2018
Constituency	NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII)
In office 17 March 2008 – 25 January 2016
Constituency	NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII)
Personal details
Born	(1939-01-01) 1 January 1939 (age 86) Wazirabad, Punjab, British India
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Muslim League (N)
Relatives	Nisar Ahmed Cheema (brother)[1]

Early life

The son of middle-class farmer, Cheema completed his LLB from Punjab University and started practicing in Wazirabad Bar Council.^[3]

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in the 2008 Pakistani general election.^[4][5] He received 71,792 votes and defeated Hamid Nasir Chattha.^[6]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the PML-N from Constituency NA-101 (Gujranwala-VII) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.^[7][8][9] He received 99,924 votes and defeated Muhammad Ahmed Chattha, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (J).^[10]