Facts: - birth date: 28 august 1943 - branch: pak - caption: khanzada as captain of pavo cavalry , 1969 - death date: 16 august 2015 - office: home minister of punjab environment protection minister of punjab - term end: 16 august 2015 16 august 2015 - awards: 30px tamgha-e-basalat - unit: 13th lancers - serviceyears: 1967 -- 1994 - name: shuja khanzada - death place: shadikhan , attock , punjab , pakistan - birth place: shadikhan , punjab province , british india - native name: - nationality: pakistani - alma mater: islamia college - appointer: shehbaz sharif shehbaz sharif - battles: indo-pakistani war of 1971 siachen conflict - term start: 14 october 2014 10 june 2013 - image: shuja khanzada.jpg - religion: islam - rank: 32px colonel Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of shuja khanzada .
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shuja khanzada -lrb- ; 28 august 1943 -- 16 august 2015 -rrb- was a pakistani politician and pakistan army colonel , who served as the home minister of punjab from 2014 until his assassination in 2015 .as an army officer , khanzada fought in the 1971 indo-pakistani war , before partaking in the siachen conflict in 1983 .retiring from the military , khanzada entered politics in 1996 .he was elected to the punjab provincial assembly thrice , in 2002 , 2008 , and 2013 ; the latter as a pml -lrb- n -rrb- candidate from his native constituency in attock .appointed home minister in 2014 , khanzada spearheaded the campaign against terrorism and sectarian militancy in punjab .on 16 august 2015 , khanzada was assassinated in a suicide attack at his political office in shadikhan , attock .the militant group lashkar-e-jhangvi -lrb- lej -rrb- claimed responsibility for the attack , in retaliation for the killing of lej chief malik ishaq during khanzada 's tenure .