Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal

Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 2008–2013
Constituency	NA-162 (Sahiwal-III)
Personal details
Nationality	Pakistani British[1]
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party

Chaudhry Zahid Iqbal is a British Pakistani former politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-224 (Sahiwal-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election, but was unsuccessful. He received 21,505 votes and lost the seat to Waheed Asghar Dogar.^[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan from Constituency NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) as a candidate of PPP in 2008 Pakistani general election.^[3][4][5] He received 70,634 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Rai Aziz Ullah Khan.^[6]

In 2012, his National Assembly membership was suspended due his citizenship of the United Kingdom.^[7]

In 2013, he joined Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) before 2013 Pakistani general election. Later, he was disqualified by the Lahore High Court for holding dual citizenship.^[7]

References

1. Iqbal, Nasir (21 September 2012). "Verdict on dual nationality issue: Court sends 11 legislators home". DAWN.COM.
2. "2002 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
3. "Former MNA arrested over false declaration of dual nationality". DAWN.COM. 25 April 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
4. "PML-N man disqualified over dual nationality". www.thenews.com.pk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
5. "By-elections: PML-N shows strength in Punjab, bags 7 of 8 seats – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
6. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
7. "LHC disqualifies PML-N's Zahid Iqbal for holding dual-nationality". DAWN.COM. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2018.