Tahir Iqbal (; born 15 May 1951) is a Pakistani politician and former army officer who had been a member of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, from 2002 to 2007 and again from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life

He was born on 15 May 1951. He is a retired

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

from

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

Political career

Iqbal was elected to the

as a candidate of

Pakistan Muslim League (Q) The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid e Azam Group) ur, ; ''Pākistān Muslim Līg (Qāf)'', Acronyms: PML(Q), PML-Q, PMLQ, "Q League") is a Conservative nationalist political party in Pakistan. As of the 2018 parliamentary election, it has a re ...

from Constituency NA-60 (Chakwal-I) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 72,331 votes and defeated Ayaz Amir, a candidate of the

Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...

(PML-N). In November 2002, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali and was appointed as the Minister of State (Incharge) for Environment where he remained until June 2004. In June 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Chaudhry Shujaat Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain ( pa, ; ur, ; (born 27 January 1940) is a senior Pakistani politician from a Punjabis, Punjabi Jat people, Jat family of Gujrat city, Gujrat who previously served as 16th prime minister of Pakistan. Hussain is the P ...

and was made Minister of State for Environment where he remained until August 2004. In August 2004, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister

Shaukat Aziz Shaukat Aziz ( ur, ; born 6 March 1949) is a Pakistani former banker and financier who served as 17th prime minister of Pakistan from 28 August 2004 to 15 November 2007, as well as the finance minister of Pakistan from 6 November 1999 to 15 ...

and was made Federal Minister for Environment with the additional portfolio of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas. He joined PML-N in 2011. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-60 (Chakwal-I) in

2013 Pakistani general election General elections were held in Pakistan on Saturday 11 May 2013 to elect the members of the 14th National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies. The three major parties were the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) led by Nawaz Sharif, t ...

. He received 130,821 votes and defeated an independent candidate,

Sardar Ghulam Abbas Sardar Ghulam Abbas is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 1985 to 1988, and then again from 1993 to 1996. Political career He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from Constituen ...

References

Living people 1951 births Pakistan Army officers Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007 Pakistani MNAs 2013–2018 Pakistan Muslim League (Q) MNAs Pakistan Muslim League (N) MNAs People from Chakwal District {{Pakistan-bio-stub