Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (Urdu: چودھری شجاعت حسین) (born 1946) is a politician from Pakistan who was the Prime Minister of that country from June 30, 2004 until August 28, 2004. He hails from the province of the Punjab where his cousin Chaudhry Pervez Elahi is serving as Chief Minister. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Urdu: وزیر اعظم Wazir-e- Azam) is the Head of Government of Pakistan. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ) (born August 11, 1943) serves as President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. ... Zafarullah Khan Jamali Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali (Urdu: میر ظفراللہ خان جمالی) (born January 1, 1944) is a former Prime Minister of Pakistan. ... Shaukat Aziz (Urdu:: شوکت عزیز) (born March 6, 1949 in Karachi, Pakistan) is the current Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan. ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Imperial-India-Blue-Ensign. ... Gujrat (Urdu/Punjabi: گجرات) is a city in Pakistan located in Gujrat District in the Punjab Province. ... Anthem God Save The Queen/King British India, circa 1860 Capital Calcutta (1858-1912), New Delhi (1912-1947) Language(s) Hindi, Urdu, English and many others Government Monarchy Emperor of India  - 1877-1901 Victoria  - 1901-1910 Edward VII  - 1910-1936 George V  - January-December 1936 Edward VIII  - 1936-1947 George... The Pakistan Muslim League (Q), or PML-Q, is a centrist political party in Pakistan, dervied from the original Pakistan Muslim League which had laid foundation of the state of Pakistan. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... Urdu ( , , trans. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Pakistani province. ... Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi is the current Chief Minister of the province of Punjab in Pakistan. ...

Early Life and Education

Chaudhry Shujaat was born on January 27, 1946 in Gujrat and graduated from Forman Christian College, University of the Punjab, Lahore in 1967. Gujrat (Urdu/Punjabi: گجرات) is a city in Pakistan located in Gujrat District in the Punjab Province. ... Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) is a private university in Lahore, Pakistan. ... University of the Punjab (abbreviated as PU) (Urdu: جامعه پنجاب), colloquially known as Punjab University, is located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. ...   (Urdu: لاہور, Punjabi: لہور, pronounced ) is the capital of the province of Punjab and is the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. ...

Politics

Chaudhry Shujaat entered politics after his father was assassinated on September 25, 1981 - allegedly by political opponents of Al Zulifiqar a terrorist group run allegedly by Murtaza Bhutto son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Murtaza Bhutto Murtaza Bhutto (September 18, 1954 - September 20, 1996) was a Pakistani politician. ... Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as President, from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. ...

Chaudhry Shujaat became a member of the federal parliament (Majlis-e-Shoora) in 1981 and until 1985 when he contested in the general election from Gujrat on both the National and Punjab Assemblies seats. After the elections he had to vacate his Punjab Assembly seat in favour of the National Assembly seat he had one and he became a member of the then Prime Minister Muhammad Khan Junejo’s cabinet as the Industries Minister. He served a further 4 terms as a member of the national assembly after being elected (1988, 1990, 1997, 2002). He also acted as the parliamentary party leader of the PML in the National Assembly. He was appointed the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Junejo's cabinet in 1986 and was appointed the Industries and Production Minister in 1987-88. The House of Representatives Chamber of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra. ... Muhammad Khan Junejo, Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Khan Junejo (Urdu: محمد خان جونیجو ) (born August 18, 1932 died 1992) was former Pakistani Prime Minister. ...

Scandals

Chaudhry was involved in the Cooperative Socities scandal where over $1 billion were looted from investors. Chaudhry has pending criminal charges from said scandal.

Chaudhry Shujaat was the interior minister in Nawaz Sharif’s first tenure. After losing the election from Gujrat in 1993, Chaudhry Shujaat became a member of the Senate of Pakistan and the Chairman of the Senate’s standing committee on defence, production and aviation from 1993 to 1997. He won the general election again in 1997 by defeating PPP candidate Ahmad Mukhtar. Nawaz Sharif appointed him the interior minister in his cabinet and was elected the Punjab PML-Nawaz president in 1997.

Prime Minister and Resignation

After the Nawaz Sharif government was sacked on October 12, 1999, several PML-N dissidents formed a group under Mian Muhammad Azhar’s leadership. Earlier, Chaudhry Shujaat did not join any group but after Nawaz Sharif’s exile, he also joined Mian Azhar and formed the PML (QA) in March 2001. In the general election of October 2002, Chaudhry Shujaat was elected the National Assembly -elected unopposed for three years in a row as president of the Pakistan Muslim League, Pakistan's ruling party since 2006. Image File history File links SOURCE Public Domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the Great Leader of the Muslim League The All India Muslim League was a political party in British India and was the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state from British India on the Indian subcontinent. ...

On July 9, 2007 he led a delegation that attempted to negotiate with Islamic militants besieged in the Red Mosque in Islamabad shortly before the military stormed the mosque compound early the next day.^[1] is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Combatants Pakistan Army Lal Masjid students and militants Commanders Haroon-ul-Islam â€  Waheed Arshad Abdul Rashid Ghazi â€  Abdul Aziz Ghazi Strength 12,000 Army and Rangers 164 SSG commandos[3][4] 1,300 students 110+ militants Casualties 11 SSG killed[5] 1 Ranger killed[5] 33 SSG wounded[5] 8...

Trivia

• Held portfolios as Federal Minister:

• a) Minister for Information and Broadcasting (1986)
• b) Minister for Industries and Production(1987-1988)

• c) Minister for Interior (1990-1993)

• d) Minister for Interior & Narcotics Control (1997-1999)
• Held Political Positions
• a) Leader of Parliamentary Party of joint Opposition in National Assembly

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• b) President, Pakistan Muslim League, Punjab (1997-1999)

• c) Leader of the Parliamentary Party (PML(Q) (Ruling Party), Dec. 2002

• d) President, Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (January 2003)

• e) Elected President of Pakistan Muslim League, May 12th 2004

• Became the Elected Prime Minister of Pakistan in June 2004,

• Diplomatic
• Honorary Consul General, Republic of South Korea since 1982.

• Awarded highest diplomatic award Order of the Diplomatic Service Merit "Ueung-in-Metal" for distinguished services in promoting mutual relations between Pakistan and Republic of Korea.

References

External links

• Story Of Pakistan Profile
• Official Website of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)