Nazir Ahmad Chohan | |
Office: | Former Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab |
Term Start: | 15 August 2018 |
Constituency: | PP-167 (Lahore-XXIV) |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Party: | PMLN (2022-present) |
Otherparty: | PTI (2018-2022) |
Birth Place: | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
Termend: | 21 May 2022 |
Nazir Ahmad Chohan is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2022.
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PP-167 Lahore-XXIV in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 40,680 votes and defeated Mian Muhammad Saleem, a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).[1]
On 21 May 2022, he was de-seated due to his vote against party policy for Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.[2]
He ran as a candidate of the PML(N) in the subsequent by-election, but was unsuccessful. He received 26,417 votes and was defeated by Shabbir Gujjar, a candidate of the PTI.
On 3 August 2022 Chohan, his son and six others were taken into judicial remand by the Lahore Police.[3]