Shaukat Manzoor Cheema

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema (Urdu: شوکت منظور چیمہ‎, 15 January 1954 – 3 June 2020) was a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2020.

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab
In office
15 August 2018 – 3 June 2020
In office
2008 – 31 May 2018
Personal details
Born(1954-01-15)15 January 1954
Wazirabad
Died3 June 2020(2020-06-03) (aged 66)
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)

Early life and education

Cheema was born on 15 January 1954 in Wazirabad.[1]

He graduated in 2005 from the University of the Punjab and held a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1]

Political career

Cheema was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 41,217 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.[2]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in the 2013 Pakistani general election.[3][4]

He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-51 (Gujranwala-I) in the 2018 Pakistani general election.[5]

Death

Cheema died on 3 June 2020 after contracting COVID-19. He had been under treatment at a hospital in Lahore, and was reportedly on ventilator support.[6]

References
  1. "Punjab Assembly". www.pap.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. "2008 election result" (PDF). ECP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. "Official result: PML-N wins 21 seats in Punjab Assembly - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. "List of winners of Punjab Assembly seats". The News. 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  5. "Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies". Samaa TV. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  6. Altaf, Arhama (3 June 2020). "PML-N MPA Shaukat Cheema Succumbs To Deadly COVID-19 Virus". Bol News. Retrieved 3 June 2020.


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