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

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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

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.