Chaudhry Muhammed Farooq Explained

Muhammed Farooq Chaudhary محمد فاروق چوہدری
Office:Minister For Law & Parliamentary Affairs Punjab
Term Start:1993
Term End:1997
Successor:Mohammad Basharat Raja
Birth Date:1 November 1959
Birth Place:Sarai Alamgir
Death Date:29 December 2002
Constituency:PP-95 (Gujrat-1)
Party:Pakistan Muslim League (Junejo)
Residence:Sardar House, Sarai Alamgir
Citizenship:Pakistani

Chaudhry Muhammed Farooq (Urdu: چودھری محمد فاروق; November 1959 – 29 December 2002) was a member of the Pakistani Punjab Assembly from 1988 to 1997, and again in 2002. He was Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs during 1993–97, and the provincial president of PML.[1]

Family

He was from Chaach family of Sarai Alamgeer. As of 27 October 2016 his brother, Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry is part of Pakistan Tehreek E Insaf (PTI) and remained a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab two times (2002-2007) (2008-2013).[1]

His uncle Chaudhry Abdul Rahman remained Tehseel Nazim Sarai Alamgir two times and his father in law Sheikh Aftab Ahmed is Federal Minister in Nawaz Sharif Cabinet.

Death

After Winning the 2002 general elections from his Constituency as an independent candidate with the highest number of votes ever. Farooq’s name was being taken for the most important ministry of Punjab. His rivals unable to digest their defeat, set up an ambush and martyred him by use of hired assassins. Two armed security guards did not have time to respond; they were killed, as were Farooq and his 3 friends. The investigation focused on a possible tribal feud and in fact it was a tribal feud between Rajput and Jutt tribes . .[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member Profile: Mr. Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad . Provincial Assembly of the Punjab . 26 October 2010.
  2. News: Pakistani MP shot dead. 29 December 2002. BBC News. 9 September 2013.