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Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir

MNA
Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir
Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas
Assumed office
13 June 2013
President Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by Manzour Vatto
Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan
In office
16 February 2015 – November 2015
Preceded by Pir Karam Ali Shah
Personal details
Born (1949-04-20) 20 April 1949 (age 68)
Sangla Hill, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political party PML Pakistan
Alma mater University of Punjab
Profession Lawyer

Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir (Urdu: چوہدری محمد برجیس طاہر‎; born 20 April 1949) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Minister of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan. A member of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Tahir briefly served as Governor of Gilgit–Baltistan in 2015.

Tahir is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, currently representing Sheikhupura-V.

He was born on 20 April 1949.

Tahir was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general election, 1990 for the first time. He was re-elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Pakistani general election, 1993. From 1990 to 1993, he served as federal parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Interior during Nawaz Sharif first government in 1990. He was re-elected as member of the National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 1993, and again in Pakistani general election, 1997. After the overthrow of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) government in 1999 in a coup de'tat by Pervez Musharraf, he was arrested. He was re-elected member of National Assembly in Pakistani general election, 2008.


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