Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal | |
|---|---|
| چوہدری جعفر اقبال | |
| Minister of State for Maritime Affairs | |
| In office 4 August 2017 – 31 May 2018 | |
| President | Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
| Constituency | NA-106 (Gujrat) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 September 1972 |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Chaudhry Jaffar Iqbal (Template:Lang-ur; born 2 September 1972) is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs, in the Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.
Early life
He was born on 2 September 1972.[1]
Political career
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful.[2] He received 26,556 votes and lost the seat to a candidate off Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q).[3]
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-113 (Gujrat-VI) in 2008 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 34,705 votes and lost the seat to Mian Tariq Mehmood.[4]
He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-106 (Gujrat-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election.[5][6][7][8][9] He received 83,024 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Syed Noor Ul Hassan Shah.[10] During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Defence.[11]
Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi.[12][13] He was appointed the Minister of State for Maritime Affairs.[14][15] Upon the dissolution of the National Assembly on the expiration of its term on 31 May 2018, Iqbal ceased to hold the office as Minister of State for Maritime Affairs.[16]
References
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- ^ "Notification" (PDF). Cabinet division. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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