Tahir Bashir Cheema

Chaudhry Tahir Bashir Cheema (; born 11 May 1960) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from June 2013 to May 2018.

Early life He was born on 11 May 1960. His family hails from Yazman, Bahwalpur.

Political career

He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Democratic Alliance (PDA) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in the 1990 Pakistani general election but was unsuccessful. He received 24,224 votes and lost the seat to Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI).

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PP-231 (Bahawalnagar-VII) in the 1993 Pakistani general election. He received 36,912 votes and defeated Muhammad Akram, a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He received 70,081 votes and lost the seat to Abdul Ghafoor Chaudhry.

He was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency NA-190 (Bahawalnagar-III) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. He received 83,353 votes and defeated Ijaz-ul-Haq.

He quit PML-N in April 2018. In May 2018, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).