Tahir Bashir Cheema
Chaudhry Tahir Bashir Cheema (; born 11 May 1960) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018. Early life. He was born on 11 May 1960.<ref name="pildat/dob"></ref> Political career. He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,224 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).<ref name="ecp/pa-88-97"></ref > He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in 1993 Pakistan i general election. He received 36,912 votes and defeated Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate PPP from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in 1997 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 22,518 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Akram, a candidate of PML-N. He served as Chishtian Tehsil Nazim.<ref name="dawn/3oct2002"></ref>  He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) from Constituency NA-190 (Bahawalnagar-III) in 2008 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 70,081 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry. He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-190 (Bahawalnagar-III) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 83,353 votes and defeated Ijaz-ul-Haq. He quit PML-N in April 2018. In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).