Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary

Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary (Urdu: محمد اعجاز احمد چودھری) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to 2014.

Muhammad Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhary
محمد اعجازاحمدچوہدری
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
1 June 2013 – 2014
ConstituencyNA-108 (M.B.Din-I)
In office
2002–2007
ConstituencyNA-108 (M.B.Din-I)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani

Political career

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election.[1] He received 70,060 votes and defeated Zafarullah Tarar, a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).[2]

He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I) in 2008 Pakistani general election, however remained unsuccessful and lost the seat to Muhammad Tariq Tarar.[1][3] He received 67,769 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Tariq Tarar.[4]

He was re-elected to the National Assembly as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-108 (M.B.Din-I) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6] He received 85,009 votes and defeated Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar.[7]

He was disqualified to continue in office because of fake degree case and human smuggle charges and thus unseated.[8][9][10] In 2017, he was sentenced to three-year imprisonment in fake degree case.[11]

References
  1. "Unpredictable political scenario of Mandi Bahauddin". The Nation. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "Another PPP MNA turns out to be a fake degree holder". The Nation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  5. "Mandi voters reject tribal politics". The Nation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N winning seats but losing voters". The Nation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  7. "2013 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. "Ijaz Chaudary disqualified on human smuggling charges: SC". The Nation. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. "SC disqualifies PTI Ijaz in fake degree case". Daily Times. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. "Polling for NA-108 by-election underway in Mandi Bahauddin". Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  11. "Ex-lawmaker jailed in fake degree case". DAWN.COM. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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