Muhammad Ajmal Cheema | |
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Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare | |
In office 13 September 2018 –19 July 2019 | |
Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab | |
In office 15 August 2018 –21 May 2022 | |
Constituency | PP-97 Faisalabad-I |
Personal details | |
Born | Faisalabad,Punjab,Pakistan | 13 January 1960
Political party | TLP (2025-present) |
Other political affiliations | IPP (2023-2025) PMLN (2021-2023) IND (2018-2021) PTI (2013-2018) |
Muhammad Ajmal Cheema (born 13 January 1960) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare,in office from 13 September 2018 to 19 July 2019. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since August 2018 until May 2022.
He joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2013. He contested the 2013 Pakistani general election as a candidate of the PTI from PP-51 Faisalabad-I but was defeated by Azad Ali Tabassum of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML(N)).
He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as an independent candidate from PP-97 Faisalabad-I in the 2018 Punjab provincial election. He received 42,405 votes and defeated Ali Afzal Sahi,a candidate of the PTI. [1]
He joined the PTI following his election. [2]
On 12 September 2018,he was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar. [3] On 13 September 2018,he was appointed as Provincial Minister of Punjab for Bait-ul-Mal and Social Welfare. [4]
He was removed from the charge of provincial minister of Punjab for Baitul Maal and Social Welfare on 19 July 2019.
He was being accused of adultery/supported in adultery of the same Baitul Maal and Social Welfare underage girls he was custodian of. [5]
On 21 May 2022,was de-seated due to vote against party policy for the Chief Minister of Punjab election on 16 April 2022. [6]
He ran as a candidate of the PML(N) in the subsequent by-election of July 2022,but was unsuccessful. He received 54,266 votes and was defeated by Ali Afzal Sahi,a candidate of the PTI. [7]
He ran as a candidate of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party in the 2024 Pakistani general election from PP-98 Faisalabad-I,but was unsuccessful again for the 3rd time. He received 25,266 votes and was defeated by Junaid Afzal Sahi,a candidate of the PTI.