Chaudhary Muhammad Tufail
چوہدری محمد طفیل
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
In office
29 September 2016  31 May 2018
ConstituencyNA-162 (Sahiwal-III)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyPakistan Muslim League (N)
RelativesChaudhry Muhammad Hanif (brother)[1]
Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad Jutt (brother)[1]

Chaudhary Muhammad Tufail (Urdu: چوہدری محمد طفیل) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from September 2016 to May 2018.

Political career

He has served as Tehsil Nazim of Chichawatni.[2]

He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) in by elections held in September 2016.[3][4][5] He received 76,580 votes and defeated Rai Murtaza Iqbal, a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).[6] The seat became vacant after Rai Hassan Nawaz who won it in 2013 election, was disqualified to continue in office because of inaccurate assets declaration.[7]

In October 2017, he was appointed as Federal Parliamentary Secretary for privatisation.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Newspaper, the (21 April 2013). "Three brothers get PML-N tickets in Chichawatni". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. "NA-162 by-poll: PML-N picks another Jutt from Chichawatni". DAWN.COM. 27 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. "Nawaz assures MP of funds for Sahiwal". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  4. "Govt's untiring efforts eliminating core issues faced by nation: PM". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  5. "N, PPP, PTI award tickets for by-poll to NA-162". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. "PML-N wins NA-162 by-election". The Nation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  7. "PTI legislator disqualified for inaccurate asset declaration - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 12 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  8. Junaidi, Ikram (12 October 2017). "Three NA panel heads, two state ministers and 11 parliamentary secretaries appointed". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 November 2017.


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