Nazir Ahmad Chohan

Nazir Ahmad Chohan is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2022.

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from PP-167 Lahore-XXIV in the 2018 [Pakistani general election]. He received 40,680 votes and defeated Mian Muhammad Saleem, a candidate of the Pakistan [Muslim League (N)].
On 21 May 2022, he was de-seated due to his vote against party policy for Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022.
He ran as a candidate of the PML in the July 2022 Punjab [provincial by-election|subsequent by-election], but was unsuccessful. He received 26,417 votes and was defeated by Shabbir Gujjar, a candidate of the PTI.
On 3 August 2022, Chohan, his son and six others were taken into judicial remand by the Lahore Police.