Chaudhry Muhammad Tufail

Chaudhary Muhammad Tufail (Urdu: چوہدری محمد طفیل) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from September 2016 to May 2018.

Chaudhary Muhammad Tufail
چوہدری محمد طفیل
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
29 September 2016 – 31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-162 (Sahiwal-III)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
RelativesChaudhry Muhammad Hanif (brother)[1]
Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad Jutt (brother)[1]

Political career

He has served as Tehsil Nazim of Chichawatni.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) in by elections held in September 2016.[3][4][5] He received 76,580 votes and defeated Rai Murtaza Iqbal, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6] The seat became vacant after Rai Hassan Nawaz who won it in 2013 election, was disqualified to continue in office because of inaccurate assets declaration.[7]

In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for privatisation.[8]

References
  1. Newspaper, the (21 April 2013). "Three brothers get PML-N tickets in Chichawatni". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. "NA-162 by-poll: PML-N picks another Jutt from Chichawatni". DAWN.COM. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. "Nawaz assures MP of funds for Sahiwal". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Govt's untiring efforts eliminating core issues faced by nation: PM". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "N, PPP, PTI award tickets for by-poll to NA-162". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N wins NA-162 by-election". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. "PTI legislator disqualified for inaccurate asset declaration - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. Junaidi, Ikram (12 October 2017). "Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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