Muhammad Ajmal Cheema
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Chief Minister's Inspection Team
In office
19 July 2019 – 20 April 2021
Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare
In office
13 September 2018 – 19 July 2019
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 21 May 2022
ConstituencyPP-97 Faisalabad-I
Personal details
Born (1960-01-13) 13 January 1960
Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Political party Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (2023-present)
Other political
affiliations		 Pakistan Muslim League (N) (2021-2023)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (2018-2021)
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (2002-2013)

Muhammad Ajmal Cheema (born on 13 Januaey 1960) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare, in office from 13 September 2018 to 19 July 2019. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018 until May 2022.

Political career

He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2013. He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election as a candidate of the PTI from PP-51 Faisalabad-I but was deafeated by Azad Ali Tabassum of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-97 Faisalabad-I in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. He received 42,405 votes and defeated Ali Afzal Sahi, a candidate of the PTI.[1]

He joined the PTI following his election.[2]

On 12 September 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.[3] On 13 September 2018, he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare.[4]

He was removed from the charge of provincial minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare on 19 July 2019.

He was being accused of adultery/supported in adultery of the same Baitul Maal and Social Welfare underage girls he was custodian of.[5]

On 21 May 2022, was de-seated due to vote against party policy for the Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.[6]

He ran as a candidate of the PML(N) in the subsequent by-election, but was unsuccessful. He received 54,266 votes and was defeated by Ali Afzal Sahi, a candidate of the PTI.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Election Results 2018 - Constituency Details". www.thenews.com.pk. The News. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Malik, Mansoor (2 August 2018). "22 independents, PML-Q votes take PTI tally to 153 in Punjab". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Punjab Cabinet inducts 12 more ministers". Geo News. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (13 September 2018). "12 Punjab provincial ministers sworn in". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Scandal of underage girls' forced marriages at state-run shelter home surfaced in Lahore". 29 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "ECP de-seats 25 dissident PTI MPs who voted for Hamza Shahbaz". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  7. ↑ "PP-97 Faisalabad Bye Election 2022 Result Information". www.electionpakistani.com. Retrieved 2023-08-27.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/29-Nov-2019/scandal-of-underage-girls-marriages-at-state-run-lahore-s-shelter-home-surfaced


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