Tahir Iqbal Chaudhry
Tahir Iqbal Chaudhry (; born 10 April 1969) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from June 2013 to May 2018. Previously he had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab from 2002 to 2013. Early life and education. He born and grew up in Vehari on 10 April 1969 in a Political Landlord Arain family.<ref name="pap/2008"></ref> After schooling he graduated in 1996 from the University of Karachi. Political career. He served as union council nazim of Vehari.<ref name="dawn/27aug2002"></ref> He was elected to the Provincial Assembly  of Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-236 (Vehari-V) in 2002 Pakistani general election. He received 37,363 votes and defeated Nafisa Rashid, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q). He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as a candidate of PML-Q from Constituency PP-236 (Vehari-V) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 30,686 votes and defeated an independent candidate, Nafisa Rasheed. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as an independent candidate from Constituency NA-169 (Vehari-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He  received 89,673 votes and defeated a candidate of PML-N, Tehmina Daultana. After getting elected to the National Assembly, he joined PML-N in May 2013. In November 2017, he announced to quit PML-N following 2017 Tehreek-e-Labaik protest however refused to step down from National Assembly seat. In April 2018, he quit PML-N. In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-164 (Vehari-III) in 2018 Pakistani general election. He received 82,084 and defeated Tehmina Daultana. Tahir Iqbal Chaudhry