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Tahir Bashir Cheema
Pakistani politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chaudhry Tahir Bashir Cheema (Urdu: چوہدری طاہر بشیر چیمہ; born 11 May 1960) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
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Early life
He was born on 11 May 1960.[2] His family hails from Yazman, Bahwalpur.
Political career
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He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in the 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,224 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).[3]
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 36,912 votes and defeated Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N).[3]
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate PPP from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in the 1997 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,518 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Akram, a candidate of PML-N.[3]
He served as Chishtian Tehsil Nazim from 2001 to 2004.
In 2004 he was elected to National Assembly as a candidate of PML-Q in bye-election in Chishtian
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-190 (Bahawalnagar-III) in the 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful.[4] He received 70,081 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry.[5]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-190 (Bahawalnagar-III) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[6][7][8][9] He received 83,353 votes and defeated Ijaz-ul-Haq.[10]
He quit PML-N in April 2018.[11][12] In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[13]
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