Azhar Qayyum Nahra | |
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اظہرقیوم نہرہ | |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 13 August 2018 – 10 August 2023 | |
Constituency | NA-84 (Gujranwala-VI) |
In office 1 June 2013 – 31 May 2018 | |
Constituency | NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 January 1977 |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Muslim League (N) |
Chaudhry Azhar Qayyum Nahra ( Urdu: اظہر قیوم نہرہ; born 1 January 1977) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018.
He was born on 1 January 1977. [1]
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI) in by-elections held in 2010, but was unsuccessful. [2] He received 61,818 votes and lost the seat to Chaudry Tussadiq Masud Khan. The seat had fallen vacant due to the resignation of Muddasir Qayyum Nahra. [3]
He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI) in 2013 Pakistani general election. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He received 89,826 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz. [9] During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Water and Power. [10] In October 2017, he was made Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Postal Services. [11]
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-84 (Gujranwala-VI) in 2018 Pakistani general election and defeated Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz for the third time consecutively. [12]
Following the 2024 Pakistani general election, the Lahore High Court set aside the notification of Nahra’s win from NA-81 Gujranwala-V allowing a petition by PTI-backed independent candidate Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz. [13]