Tariq Bashir Cheema
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Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema MNA |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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Assumed office 1 June 2013 |
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| District Mayor Bahawalpur | |
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In office 2005–2011 |
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In office 2001–2005 |
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| Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food & Agriculture | |
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In office 1993–1996 |
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| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (Q) |
| Other political affiliations |
Pakistan People's Party 1980 - 2002 |
| Relations | Tahir Bashir Cheema (brother) |
Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema (Urdu: چوہدری طارق بشیر چیمہ) is a Pakistani politician who is a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League (Q).
Cheema belongs to a political family from Bahawalpur. He began his political career as an activist for the student wing of Pakistan Peoples Party in 1980 at the University of the Punjab.
In 2004, DAWN reported Cheema was a suspected member of Al-Zulfiqar and he was sent to Lahore Central Jail for being accused in various cases. He was released on the demand of militants involved in the 1981 Pakistan International Airlines hijacking as a trade-off to rescue the passengers of the plane. He later moved to Afghanistan.
DAWN also reported that Cheema later returned to Pakistan for a brief time but again left Pakistan as there were a number of cases against him on terrorism charges. Cheema remained outside Pakistan until 1989 and he returned when all the cases against him were withdrawn by the then government of the Pakistan Peoples Party. After his return, he took part in Bahawalpur politics on the platform of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
He first ran for the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in the 1990 general elections but was unsuccessful.
He ran in the 1993 general elections for the Provincial Assembly of Punjab and was elected and later became Provincial Minister of Punjab for Food and Agriculture.
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