Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz
Pakistani politician (born 1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz (Urdu/Punjabi: چوہدری بلال اعجاز; born 8 October 1970) is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.[3] From 2019 to 2022, he served as chairman of the Punjab Zakat and Ushr Council under the government of the Punjab.[1]
Bilal Ijaz | |
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بلال اعجاز | |
Chairman of the Punjab Zakat and Ushr Council | |
In office April 2019 – April 2022 | |
Governor | Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar Omer Sarfraz Cheema |
Chief Minister | Usman Buzdar |
Zakat and Ushr Minister | Shoukat Ali Laleka[1] |
Preceded by | Akhtar Hassan[2] |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 16 November 2002 – 15 November 2007 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Mudassar Qayyum Nahra |
Constituency | NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI) |
Personal details | |
Born | Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz (1970-10-08) 8 October 1970 (age 53) Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan |
Political party | PTI (2014-present) PML-Q (2002-2014) PMLN (1997-2002) |
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Relatives | Chaudhry Shamshad Ahmad Khan (brother-in-law) |
Alma mater | Forman Christian College |
Occupation | Politician |
Born in Gujranwala, Bilal Ijaz was elected to the National Assembly after successfully contesting in the 2002 general election as a Pakistan Muslim League (Q) (PML-Q) candidate from constituency NA-100 (Gujranwala-VI).
He campaigned in the general elections of 2008 and 2013 as a PML-Q and independent candidate respectively, but was unsuccessful. In late 2014, Ijaz joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He contested in the 2018 election from his constituency NA-84 but was defeated by Azhar Qayyum Nahra of the PML-N.
In 2019, he was appointed by the PTI-led Punjab government as chair of the provincial Zakat and Ushr Council, an office he held until 2022.