Shaukat Manzoor Cheema


Shaukat Manzoor Cheema was a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from 2008 to May 2020.

Early life and education

Cheema was born on 15 January 1954 in Wazirabad.
He graduated in 2005 from the University of the Punjab and held a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Political career

Cheema was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PP-104 in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 41,217 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-104 in the 2013 Pakistani general election.
He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-51 in the 2018 Pakistani general election.

Death

Cheema died on 3 June 2020, after contracting COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan. He had been under treatment at a hospital in Lahore, and was reportedly on ventilator support.