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Ghazanfar Abbas Cheena

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Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 14 January 2023
ConstituencyPP-91 Bhakkar-III
In office
29 May 2013 – 31 May 2018
Assumed office
23 February 2024
Personal details
Born (1962-12-15) 15 December 1962 (age 62)
Bakkar, Punjab, Pakistan
Political partyIstehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Independent (2022–2023)
PTI (2018–2022)
PMLN (2013–2018)

Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena (born 15 December 1962) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to January 2023. He was also the member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from May 2013 to May 2018.

Early life and education

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He was born on 15 December 1962 in Hyderabad, Pakistan.[1]

He has a degree of Master of Arts and a degree of Bachelor of Laws.[1]

Political career

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He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-49 (Bhakkar-III) in the 2013 Punjab provincial election.[2][3] He joined the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in May 2013.[4]

In May 2018, he quit the PML-N and joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[5]

He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the PTI from PP-91 (Bhakkar-III) in the 2018 Punjab provincial election.[6]

He was believed to be running for a seat in the Provincial Assembly from PP-91 Bhakkar-III as a candidate of the PTI in the 2023 Punjab provincial election.[7] However, he chose to leave the party in 2023.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (23 May 2013). "43 newly elected legislators join PML-N". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  3. ^ "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. ^ "33 independent MPAs, 12 MNAs join PML-N". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Three PML-N members defect to PTI". Geo News. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  7. ^ "List of PTI Candidates for Provincial Elections In Punjab | 2023". Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  8. ^ Admin. "PTI gets another setback as Shazia Khakhi, Ghazanfar Cheena quit party". 24newshd.tv. Retrieved 2024-06-12.